![Nate Billings FIKE - Oklahoma coach Patty Gasso, front left, and players pose for a photo while holding up three fingers after defeating Florida State in the NCAA Women's College World Series championship series Thursday, June 8, 2023, in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma begins its quest for an unprecedented fourth consecutive national softball title. (AP Photo/Nate Billings, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/70bdcaeedec14518a254542f860017b7/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FIKE - Oklahoma coach Patty Gasso, front left, and players pose for a photo while holding up three fingers after defeating Florida State in the NCAA Women's College World Series championship series Thursday, June 8, 2023, in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma begins its quest for an unprecedented fourth consecutive national softball title. (AP Photo/Nate Billings, File)
![Phelan M. Ebenhack FILE - A luggage tag with a Southeastern Conference Title IX logo is viewed during an NCAA college softball game between South Carolina and Kennesaw State, March 1, 2024, in Orlando, Fla. Republican states are filing a barrage of legal challenges against the Biden administration's newly expanded campus sexual assault rules, saying they overstep the president's authority and undermine the Title IX anti-discrimination law. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/87c6640f1885404ca8ecf1e7480795ab/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - A luggage tag with a Southeastern Conference Title IX logo is viewed during an NCAA college softball game between South Carolina and Kennesaw State, March 1, 2024, in Orlando, Fla. Republican states are filing a barrage of legal challenges against the Biden administration's newly expanded campus sexual assault rules, saying they overstep the president's authority and undermine the Title IX anti-discrimination law. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)
![Brad Horrigan FILE - Members of the UConn women's rowing team rally about being cut by the university after the season, in Storrs, Conn., April 19, 2021. The looming athlete pay system that will upend the traditional college sports model and still-to-be-determined details about how millions of dollars will be distributed are certain to bring questions about gender equity. Of special interest will be whether schools must comply with Title IX, the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in any school or education program that receives federal funds. (Brad Horrigan/Hartford Courant via AP, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/c23c4f2c75ae4150b00dd915be29245a/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Members of the UConn women's rowing team rally about being cut by the university after the season, in Storrs, Conn., April 19, 2021. The looming athlete pay system that will upend the traditional college sports model and still-to-be-determined details about how millions of dollars will be distributed are certain to bring questions about gender equity. Of special interest will be whether schools must comply with Title IX, the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in any school or education program that receives federal funds. (Brad Horrigan/Hartford Courant via AP, File)
![Ian Maule FILE - Southern California's McKenzie Forbes reacts after being presented the Pac-12 tournament Most Valuable Player trophy by Pac-12 Commissioner Teresa Gould after USC defeated Stanford in an NCAA college basketball game for the championship of the Pac-12 tournament March 10, 2024, in Las Vegas. The NCAA and the nation's five biggest conferences have agreed to pay nearly $2.8 billion to settle a host of antitrust claims,a monumental decision that sets the stage for a groundbreaking revenue-sharing model that could start directing millions of dollars directly to athletes as soon as the 2025 fall semester. (AP Photo/Ian Maule, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/f074d17f9ed0470785d2e97c742a677f/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Southern California's McKenzie Forbes reacts after being presented the Pac-12 tournament Most Valuable Player trophy by Pac-12 Commissioner Teresa Gould after USC defeated Stanford in an NCAA college basketball game for the championship of the Pac-12 tournament March 10, 2024, in Las Vegas. The NCAA and the nation's five biggest conferences have agreed to pay nearly $2.8 billion to settle a host of antitrust claims,a monumental decision that sets the stage for a groundbreaking revenue-sharing model that could start directing millions of dollars directly to athletes as soon as the 2025 fall semester. (AP Photo/Ian Maule, File)