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The debate over reforming college athletics is headed to Washington.
President Donald Trump will host a roundtable discussion at the White House next week, Pak Gazette Digital has confirmed. The panel is expected to include prominent coaches, commissioners of college sports and professional sports leagues, and other professional athletes, according to multiple reports.
The group will meet March 6 to examine solutions to key challenges, including the NCAA’s authority; name, image and likeness (NIL) issues; collective bargaining; and governance concerns.
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President Donald Trump before a college football game between the US Army and Navy at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on December 13, 2025. (Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images)
Trump is expected to chair discussions on the issues raised at the roundtable. College sports leaders have yet to come up with a comprehensive solution to the major challenges facing college athletics.
The NCAA’s authority has come under scrutiny in recent years amid several court rulings. The rise of name, image and likeness has transformed collegiate athletics, intensifying the debate over student-athlete amateurism.
The gap between schools competing in power conferences and smaller universities participating in Group of Six conferences appears to be widening in recent years. The Big 10, Big 12, SEC and ACC hold or are negotiating massive media rights contracts that significantly outpace smaller conferences.
The NCAA logo outside of 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 proposal has emerged that effectively addresses the issue.
According to Yahoo Sports, the panel 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.
LSU Shreveport baseball coach Brad Neffendorf, from center right, President Donald Trump and Louisiana State University baseball coach Jay Johnson during a celebration of the baseball champions LSU Tigers and LSU Shreveport Pilots in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 20, 2025. (Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Trump’s interest in college sports has continued into his second term, highlighted by his attendance at last month’s college football national championship between Indiana and Miami. Trump was also present at the annual Army-Navy game in December.
In July 2025, the president signed an executive order, “Saving College Sports,” directing federal agencies to review antitrust protections for the NCAA and conferences and oversight of payments for third-party names, images and likenesses.
The order did not result in binding changes, indicating that any impactful reforms would likely require congressional action. Trump also considered a presidential commission co-chaired by Saban, although the plan was ultimately postponed.
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