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President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order for college sports this week after hosting a roundtable discussion on several hot-button issues last month.
CBS News reported that the order, which would be Trump’s second, could be signed as early as Friday. The outlet added that the order will aim to increase the NCAA’s control over athletes in the new era of name, image and likeness.
Last month, Trump hosted NCAA President Charlie Baker, former Alabama football coach Nick Saban, New York Yankees President Randy Levine and each of the Power Four commissioners, among others, for a roundtable discussion. Trump convened the roundtable to examine solutions to key challenges, including NCAA authority, NIL issues, collective bargaining and governance issues.
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U.S. President Donald Trump attends a roundtable discussion on college sports in the East Room of the White House March 6, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
“This is the future, I think, beyond college sports. This is the future of universities,” Trump said at the start of the roundtable. “The amount of money spent and lost by otherwise high-performing schools is staggering in a short period of time. It will only get worse. We must save college sports and, I believe, colleges.
“Crazy things are happening. … We have a seven-year-old freshman. We’re seeing things we’ve never seen before. College players don’t want to go pro because they make more money in college,” he added.
Trump said he would write an executive order “based on common sense.”
WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 14: U.S. President Donald Trump displays a football presented to Trump during a ceremony presenting the Commander in Chief’s Trophy to the Midshipmen football team in the East Room of the White House April 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy is awarded to the winner of the American college football series among the teams of the United States Military Academy (Army Black Knights), the United States Naval Academy (Navy Midshipmen) and the United States Air Force Academy (Air Force Falcons). (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
SCORE ACT RECEIVES SUPPORT FROM MORE THAN 20 CONSERVATIVE GROUPS AS FIGHT AGAINST NIL REFORM HOLDS ON
The SCORE Act was at the forefront of the roundtable. His vote was scheduled for December but the vote was canceled shortly before. The White House approved the law, but three Republicans — Byron Donalds of Florida, Scott Perry of Pennsylvania and Chip Roy of Texas — voted with Democrats not to introduce the law. Democrats largely opposed the bill, urging House members to vote against it.
The law would give the NCAA a limited antitrust exemption in hopes of protecting the NCAA from potential lawsuits over eligibility rules and would prohibit athletes from becoming employees of their schools. It prohibits schools from using tuition fees to fund zero payments.
The July presidential order prohibits athletes from receiving paid payments from third-party sources. However, the order placed no restrictions on zero payments to college athletes from third-party sources. It also requires schools to ensure they preserve resources for unpaid sports.
President Donald Trump looks on before the U.S. Army-Navy college football game at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, December 13, 2025. (Alex Wroblewski/AFP)
A month before Trump’s order, a judge approved a settlement between the NCAA, its most powerful conferences and lawyers representing all Division I athletes. The agreement means the NCAA will pay nearly $2.8 billion in back damages over the next 10 years to college athletes who competed from 2016 to 2025. The settlement also allows college programs to pay athletes directly.
Last month, Trump signed an executive order to keep the Army-Navy game a standalone competition.
