Accountability|United States
N.D. Ga.: Gaines Title IX suit against NCAA dismissed — no federal-funds recipient
On 28 September 2026 Judge Tiffany R. Johnson granted the NCAA’s motion for summary judgment in Gaines v. NCAA (1:24-cv-01109), holding there is no evidence the NCAA received or could have received federal funds through its concussion-research partnership with the Department of Defense. Clerk’s judgment for the NCAA; case closed. The court did not decide whether the former transgender-athlete policy was sex discrimination. Appeal window open.
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