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CHARLESTON, W.Va. <\/strong>— In the rapidly evolving world of college athletics, the state Senate has taken a step to ensure the financial viability of women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n

The Women\u2019s Collegiate Sports Protection Act, SB 502<\/a>, was approved by the Senate and is now being considered by the House Education Committee.<\/p>\n

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Jay Taylor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It creates permanent endowment funds intended to support women\u2019s sports. Over time, the funds are meant to represent a consistent revenue stream for scholarships, coaching, and facilities.<\/p>\n

Sen. Jay Taylor, R-Taylor, is the lead sponsor of the bill and said it will shield women\u2019s sports from market volatility and shifty funding priorities. He says, with rumors flying around that some student-athletes could become employees or even engage in collective bargaining in the future, he wanted to make certain women\u2019s sports were not left behind.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis bill would help protect in case some of that stuff happens, they become employees, and then Title IX doesn’t really apply, this would. If we can get these endowments set up for both universities, then that would help protect the women’s sports so that they’ve got a source of revenue for that,\u201d Taylor said.<\/p>\n

West Virginia University, in a statement, expressed support for the bill, \u201cwhich creates an optional endowment fund and is an important next step in helping to ensure women\u2019s collegiate Olympic sports programs are available to our student-athletes in the rapidly changing NIL landscape.”<\/p>\n

Taylor added that an endowment fund, like the one proposed in the bill, could have been used to help the Marshall Swimming and Diving program. The university announced in February that it was eliminating the program because of financial considerations.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully, this would allow it so that, if Marshall would get this and get this going good and have that funding set up, they’d be like, \u2018Hey, we’ve got some extra money here, let’s bring that back,\u2019\u201d hoped Taylor.<\/p>\n

State money would not be used to seed the endowment fund. It would be built through private donations and other grant opportunities. The Senate Finance Committee amended the bill and removed a section that would have provided tax credits for donors and matching state funds. The bill only creates the mechanism for the endowment fund.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat helps make it a lot easier,\u201d said Taylor about getting support for the bill.<\/p>\n

Earnings from a women\u2019s athletics endowment may be used only for scholarships, coaching and training staff, equipment, facilities, travel, and other expenses directly related to women\u2019s collegiate Olympic sports programs.<\/p>\n

The bill has yet to make an agenda before the House Education Committee with less than a week to go before the end of the regular legislative session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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