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President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order for college sports this week after hosting a roundtable that addressed several hot-button issues last month.
CBS News reported that the order, which would be the second for Trump, could be signed as early as Friday. The outlet added that the order will aim to increase the NCAA’s control over athletes amid the new era of names, images and likenesses.
Last month, Trump hosted a roundtable with 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. Trump convened the roundtable to examine solutions to key challenges, including NCAA authority, NIL issues, collective bargaining and governance concerns.
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United States President Donald Trump looks on during a roundtable discussion on college sports in the East Room of the White House on March 6, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
“I think this is the future, beyond college sports. This is the future of universities,” Trump said as he opened the roundtable. “The amount of money that otherwise very successful schools spend and lose is staggering in a short period of time. It’s only going to get worse. We have to save college sports and, I think, universities.
“Crazy things are happening… We have a seven-year-old freshman. We’re seeing things we’ve never seen before. College players who don’t want to turn pro because they make more money in college,” he added.
Trump said he would draft an executive order “based on great common sense.”
WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 14: US President Donald Trump holds a football presented to Trump during a ceremony presenting the Commander in Chief Trophy to the Navy Midshipmen football team in the East Room of the White House on April 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Commander in Chief Trophy is awarded to the winner of the college football series between the teams of the U.S. Military Academy (Army Black Knights), the U.S. Naval Academy (Navy Midshipmen), and the U.S. Air Force Academy (Air Force Falcons). (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
SCORE ACT RECEIVES SUPPORT FROM MORE THAN 20 CONSERVATIVE GROUPS AS FIGHT OVER NIL REFORM ACCELERATES
The SCORE Act was at the forefront of the roundtable. Its vote was scheduled for December. but The vote was canceled shortly before. The White House backed the bill, but three Republicans (Byron Donalds of Florida, Scott Perry of Pennsylvania and Chip Roy of Texas) voted with Democrats not to bring the bill to the floor. Democrats have largely opposed the bill and urged House members to vote against it.
The law would grant 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. Prohibits schools from using student fees to fund NIL payments.
The president’s July order prohibits athletes from receiving payments for playing from third-party sources. However, the order did not impose any restrictions on NIL payments to college athletes by third parties. It also holds schools accountable for preserving resources for non-revenue-generating sports.
President Donald Trump looks on before the college football game between the U.S. Army and Navy at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, Dec. 13, 2025. (Alex Wróblewski/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 settlement means the NCAA will pay nearly $2.8 billion in damages over the next 10 years to college athletes who competed between 2016 and 2025. The deal also allows college programs to pay athletes directly.
Last month, Trump signed an executive order to keep the Army-Navy game as a standalone competition.
