Good Afternoon,
Has anyone run into an issue recently regarding Title IX regulations and gifts to athletics teams? Our Title IX Officer is saying that we need to start splitting all gifts to a team evenly with the team of the other gender, where it exits. So a gift of $100 made to the men's soccer team would have to be split with $50 going to the men's soccer team and $50 going to the women's soccer team. I find this concerning, not least of all from a donor intent perspective, although or athletics department plans on sending solicitations for the soccer program without specific a specific team. But will that happen all the time? The only other option offered as a possibility is that the institution matches all gifts made to a specific with additional budget money given to the other gender's team, but I don't foresee that happening.
Thanks so much for any insight anyone can offer.
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Robyn Smith
Director of Advancement Services
Randolph College
rsmith@randolphcollege.edu------------------------------