Nick Saban touts Trump’s NCAA executive order
Legendary coach Nick Saban discusses how he advised President Donald Trump on a new executive order aimed at reining in the NCAA, warning that without new regulations on transfers and eligibility, college athletics faces “chaos” and financial ruin.
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The U.S. Department of the Interior has addressed a recent report that Secretary Doug Burgum is pushing for former President Teddy Roosevelt to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
In a statement to Pak Gazette Digital, the department compared Roosevelt’s impact on saving football to President Donald Trump’s recent executive action to reform college sports.
The New York Post reported Saturday that Burgum made the comments about Roosevelt’s Hall of Fame candidacy at a Bank of America reception on Thursday.
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell speaks during a press conference following Super Bowl LX at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California, on February 9, 2026. (Matthew Huang/Icon Sportswire)
“Roger Goodell was in the White House in the Oval Office, I had the opportunity to be with him there, because we, the National Park Service, control the National Mall,” Burgum said. “The NFL draft will be held on the Mall in a year (and) the Capitol will be in the background.
“Keep it a secret. Cross your fingers, but I think we’ll see Theodore Roosevelt inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame…it will be announced on the Mall when Roger Goodell is conducting the draft.”
Teddy Roosevelt is credited save football in 1905-1906 by forcing university leaders to reform the rules of the game after frequent injury-related player deaths.
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President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order during the presentation of the Commander in Chief Trophy with the Navy Midshipmen football team in the East Room of the White House in Washington, District of Columbia, March 20, 2026. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)
The reforms led to the creation of the forward pass and the banning of dangerous formations.
Meanwhile, Trump has approved several executive orders aimed at regulating NIL, while protecting unprofitable sports and women’s sports amid growing financial pressure for colleges to invest in revenue programs like football and basketball.
Trump signed an executive order on April 3 titled “Urgent National Action to Save College Sports,” aimed at curbing the influence of NIL collectives and the freedom of the transfer portal. The order proposes strict five-year eligibility limits, limits on transfers and threatens to withdraw federal funds from institutions that do not follow NCAA rules to establish a uniform national framework.
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President Donald Trump arrives for a roundtable discussion on college sports in the East Room of the White House, Friday, March 6, 2026, in Washington. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)
Trump has also taken executive action to require that revenue-sharing models implemented by universities preserve or expand scholarships and opportunities for women’s and Olympic sports, preventing them from being reduced to paying football or basketball players.
In February of last year, Trump signed the “Keep Men Out of Women’s Sports” executive order that redefined Title IX to mean that “sex” is based on reproductive biology and genetics at birth. This explicitly prohibited transgender women from competing in women’s college sports.
