Hoffman said Monday’s ruling doesn’t change anything with federal Title IX regulations, which require that men and women are provided equitable opportunities to participate in sports. Gorsuch – writing for a unanimous Supreme Court – also said the NCAA is “free to forbid in-kind benefits unrelated to a student’s actual education nothing stops it from enforcing a ‘no Lamborghini’ rule.” According to court documents, the NCAA specifically feared schools might “exploit” loosened restrictions to give students luxury cars to get to class. “They’re not interested in opening the door to things that would, at the very least, violate academic code.” “What the court, I think, recognizes is they’re trying to reduce the restrictions on what institutions can offer in terms of paid educational opportunities while being mindful,” said Hoffman, who helped organized a forum last month hosted by Gonzaga about legal issues in collegiate sports. With internships, the college and the NCAA still retain the right to restrict internships that are outside of the educational experience or are not coordinated through the institution or the athletic conference, said Jennifer Lee Hoffman, an associate professor of educational foundations, leadership and policy at the University of Washington. A university spokesperson indicated Chun is still reviewing the Supreme Court’s decision. Washington State University Athletics Director Pat Chun declined to comment. “We’re all waiting for some official interpretations from the legal folks, some of the folks in Indianapolis (home of NCAA) but also conferencewise what does this exactly mean.” “It wasn’t a surprise that they would affirm the lower court ruling,” said Mike Roth, Gonzaga University’s athletics director. A lower court, leaving some of those rules as-is, barred the NCAA from limiting education-related benefits. The case emerged when a group of former athletes, including former West Virginia football player Shawne Alston, argued the NCAA’s rules on compensation violate federal antitrust law designed to promote competition. Lynn Hickey, director of athletics for Eastern Washington University, said EWU is waiting on recommendations from the Big Sky Conference subcommittee on NIL rights “to see if we do something as a group or as individual schools.”

Individual athletic conferences can enforce whatever they choose. The ruling only prohibits the NCAA from setting limits on education-related benefits. It does not, however, enable salaries for student athletes nor does it allow athletes to earn money off of their name, image or likeness – also known as “NIL” rights. The ruling allows colleges to offer scholarships to graduate school, payments for academic tutoring, paid post-eligibility internships, computers and other boons rooted in educational purposes. Supreme Court ruled Monday the NCAA cannot limit education-related benefits colleges can provide student athletes. Eastern Washington universities are playing the wait-and-see game after the U.S.

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