There was a good amount of NIL and college revenue share talk at last week’s LeagueApps NextUp Conference, as you would expect.
The overwhelming majority of money at the D1 level is currently flowing to football and men’s basketball player. But Justin Brashear — an NFLPA-certified agent who also consults college athletes and their families — doubts it will stay this way.
Brashear anticipates successful Title IX-based legal challenges by female athletes, he told Buying Sandlot following a panel discussion:
“I don’t see a world where money that comes through state-run institutions can circumvent federal law to the detriment of a protected class of people. Once you start to see disparate payments to female athletes, I think there’s going to be litigation that’s coming. I bet you someone out there is working on it right now.”
The Trump Administration said Title IX does not apply to NIL or revenue share, reversing guidance from the Biden Administration.
But the issue has yet to hit the courts.
Brashear said the ultimate resolution may not be a 50-50 split, but schools will be required to share significantly more with female athletes — further raising the stakes for youth athletes in sports like volleyball that have proven capable of driving revenue at the college level.
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