Trump warns US Olympic team could suffer without college sports fix
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President Donald Trump warned that the United States “would no longer have an Olympic team” if not for the NCAA’s regulation of dwindling resources for some non-revenue-producing college sports in the United States
Trump made the warning at a White House ceremony honoring several recent NCAA champions in non-revenue sports.
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President Donald Trump speaks during an event honoring NCAA collegiate national champions in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 21, 2026. (Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg)
“75 percent of the Olympians who compete for Team USA played as college athletes. If we don’t fix that, we won’t have much of an Olympic team because we have so many of these sports, especially some sports like the minor leagues, you can call it the major leagues, you can call it whatever you want, but we develop incredible athletes and train them to win gold medals,” Trump said Tuesday.
“Without college sports, without the ability to get into college sports and compete and really learn how to play and get better, we won’t have many Olympic teams anymore.”
Trump made the comments while honoring the NCAA champion Youngstown State bowling, Oklahoma State men’s golf, Texas A&M women’s volleyball, Wake Forest men’s tennis, Georgia women’s tennis, West Virginia mixed rifle and Florida State women’s soccer teams.
In fact, Trump rarely admitted to a skill he wasn’t very good at during his White House ceremony.
While honoring the Youngstown State bowling champions, Trump admitted he wasn’t a very good bowler.
“Bowling is not easy, I tried it, it doesn’t work very well for me. It’s actually very difficult. Very difficult,” Trump said.
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The ceremony shed light on non-revenue-generating college sports, which Trump sought to protect with his latest executive order titled “Immediate National Action to Save College Sports.”
Trump took executive action to mandate that revenue-sharing models implemented by universities must preserve or expand scholarships and opportunities for women. olympic sportsIt dates back to last year with a similar executive order.
The ceremony took place in the afternoon when Trump extended the ongoing ceasefire with Iran.
“Based on the fact that the Iranian government is severely fragmented, and not unexpectedly, and at the request of Field Marshal Asim Munir and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, we have been asked to continue our attack on the country of Iran until its leaders and representatives put forward a joint proposal,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. he said.
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“I have therefore instructed our army to maintain the blockade and remain ready and capable in all other respects, and therefore I will extend the ceasefire until proposals are presented and discussions are concluded one way or another.”
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