President Donald Trump announces plans to sign new executive order on college sports, expects to get sued
Minister Donald Trump He plans to sign a new executive order on college sports, he said during a speech at Friday’s “Saving College Sports” roundtable. He added that although he hopes for a favorable judgement, he expects a lawsuit to be filed on the matter.
Trump before Signed an executive order in Julytargeted pay-for-play in college athletics. At Friday’s roundtable, he heard from college sports figures concerned about problems in football. NILE period and has suggested multiple times that college sports return to “what it was before” with scholarships.
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Answering journalists’ questions, Trump said he expected a new executive order to be issued “within a week” after Friday’s roundtable meeting. It will be “more comprehensive” than the last one, but he reiterated that the last one will end up in court.
“I want to write an executive order based on some of the great talent in this room,” Trump said. “And we’re going to be sued, we’re going to go to court, and maybe – just maybe – we’re going to have a judge who is realistic and reasonable and wants to do a good for the country, because that’s the only way to resolve this matter.
“So I’m going to sit down and write an executive order, based on a lot of the statements that were made today, a lot of the statements that I’ve heard over the last year, about what a disaster this is for the universities, for the players, for the families – devastating families, destroying everything. We’re going to make a very well-thought-out executive order. … This will be put before the courts, and I hope there will be a judge who is a real judge, a compassionate judge and a common judge. Sense will get it approved.”
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In his original executive order in July, Trump called for the protection of non-revenue sports while also calling for a ban on NIL-related pay-for-play. In assessing the current situation, he noted the amount of dollars going to football and basketball, most likely referring to revenue sharing. House v. NCAA settlement approval.
More than 30 prominent figures in college sports attended Friday’s roundtable. All four Power Conference commissioners attended the meeting as before. Alabama ram Nick Saban, Texas Tech strengthening Cody Campbell and NCAA president Charlie Baker.
Participants in the nearly two-hour roundtable led by President Donald Trump voiced their thoughts on the state of college athletics, and many shared their support for college athletics. SCORE ActHe failed to enter the US House of Representatives last year. But Sen. Ted Cruz He said the bill lacked democratic support in the Senate.
