Title IX in the Age of House, NIL and Cash-Strapped Universities

Today’s guest columnists are professors John Cairney and Rick Burton.

As the 2025-26 NCAA sports calendar officially closed (with SEC powerhouses Oklahoma and Texas claiming championships in baseball and softball respectively), and with another anniversary (No. 54) of Title IX just passed, a familiar question resurfaces: Will financial proportionality in college sport ever improve?

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