UConn's Geno Auriemma says Title IX 'pretty much out the window' - ESPN

FORT WORTH, Texas — UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma on Thursday said Title IX legislation, in practice, is «pretty much out the window.… I think most of the NCAA laws have gone out the window.»

Auriemma, who is in his 41st year of coaching the Huskies and is four wins away from his 13th national title, was asked whether women's sports, considering its growth, is in a place where it can do without Title IX.

«It appears to me that at the big conferences level, I think Title IX legislation is probably over,» Auriemma said as his team prepared for Friday's Sweet 16 matchup against North Carolina. «I don't know that when you say we're allocating $20.5 million [per school in revenue sharing payouts] that they're going, 'Yeah, well, women's basketball is going to get the same amount as football and men's basketball.'

»I'm sure there's some schools that are trying really hard to stay with that in terms of numbers, scholarship opportunities for people, but when it comes time for funding and putting money into those programs that would make you believe that it's the same, I don't see that as much anymore as I did in the beginning."

Title IX was a landmark piece of legislation passed in 1972 prohibiting discrimination based on sex in education programs and activities, including athletics, for institutions receiving federal funding.

But the college sports landscape has transformed dramatically, especially since 2021, when athletes were finally permitted to make money off their name, image and likeness. As of last year, schools are now able to directly pay their athletes. President Donald Trump's administration, however, has determined Title IX does not apply to those deals, prompting concerns that athletic departments