President Donald Trump signed an executive order on July 24, 2025, aimed at regulating payments to collegiate athletes, particularly focusing on name, image, and likeness (NIL) compensation and third-party pay-for-play arrangements. The order introduces federal government oversight to curb the influence of large monetary payouts in college sports such as football and men's basketball. It seeks to clarify the employment status of college athletes and establish guardrails to bring stability and balance to the student-athlete compensation landscape. The executive order reflects the administration's effort to address ongoing debates and challenges surrounding NIL payments and third-party involvement in college athletics.
Trump says Triple H and the rest of his sports commission "will be working on college football in terms of, uh, what happened. It's a mess. What they're doing with college football and the fans are upset about it. Players are being taken from team after team and traded around https://t.co/N38OHxacM4
Trump on the new College sports portal: "It's a mess what happened, what they're doing with college football. And the fans are upset and players are being taken from team after team, being traded like playing cards."
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