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The debate over college sports reform is heading to Washington.
President Donald Trump will host a roundtable discussion at the White House next week, PK Press Club Digital has confirmed. The panel is expected to include prominent coaches, commissioners from college and professional sports leagues and other professional athletes, according to multiple reports.
The group will meet March 6 to consider solutions to key challenges, including NCAA authority; name, image and likeness (NIL) issues; collective bargaining; and governance concerns.
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President Donald Trump before a U.S. Army-Navy college football game at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, December 13, 2025. (Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images)
Trump is expected to chair discussions on the issues raised by the roundtable. College athletics leaders have yet to develop a comprehensive solution to the major challenges facing college athletics.
The NCAA’s authority has come under scrutiny in recent years following several court rulings. The rise of name, image and likeness has transformed college athletics, intensifying the debate over student-athlete amateurism.
The gap between the schools that compete in the power conferences and the smaller universities that compete in the Group of Six conferences has only seemed to widen in recent years. The Big 10, Big 12, SEC and ACC hold or are in the process of negotiating massive media rights deals that significantly outpace the smaller conferences.
The NCAA logo outside NCAA headquarters on February 28, 2023, in Indianapolis. (Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)
There have been calls for the US Congress to step in and establish a national framework to create a more stable playing field. However, no proposals have been made to effectively resolve the problem.
According to Yahoo Sports, the guest list includes Tiger Woods, former Alabama coach Nick Saban, Urban Meyer, Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua, Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow and NBA commissioner Adam Silver. However, the list is subject to change, sources told The Athletic.
Brad Neffendorf, coach of the LSU Shreveport baseball team, center right, President Donald Trump and Jay Johnson, coach of the Louisiana State University baseball team, during a celebration for the baseball champions LSU Tigers and LSU Shreveport Pilots in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, October 20, 2025. (Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Trump’s interest in college sports has continued into his second term, highlighted by his participation in last month’s College Football Playoff national championship between Indiana and Miami. Trump was also on hand for the annual Army-Navy game in December.
In July 2025, the President signed an executive order, “Saving College Sports,” directing federal agencies to review NCAA and conference antitrust protections and monitor third-party name, image, and likeness payments.
The order did not lead to any binding changes, indicating that any impactful reforms would likely require congressional action. Trump also considered creating a presidential commission co-chaired by Saban, although the plan was ultimately tabled.
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