US EditionPresident Trump signs order intended to stabilize college sports, threatens lost federal funding
The order directs federal agencies to enforce transfer and eligibility rules and could cut off grants and contracts for schools that violate them.
- On Friday, April 3, 2026, President Donald Trump signed an executive order limiting how often student-athletes can transfer schools and restricting their total eligibility to play college sports.
- This second attempt by the administration aims to increase National Collegiate Athletic Association control over sports programs, following a July 2025 executive order that failed to significantly change industry governance.
- The order restricts athletes to five seasons of competition within a five-year window and allows only one transfer, threatening to revoke federal funding for universities that do not comply.
- While Republican Ted Cruz and Democrat Maria Cantwell negotiate bipartisan legislation, Congress has not held a full vote on college sports reform, and the SCORE Act has stalled for years.
- Amid a $2.8 billion settlement regarding retroactive NIL compensation, the debate over whether college athletes should be classified as university employees remains the primary obstacle to reaching a sustainable legislative compromise.
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Blumenthal: Trump’s order to reform college sports ‘is theater, not a fix’
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Friday dismissed President Trump’s executive order targeting eligibility and transfer rules in college sports as “theater.” “Trump’s college sports Executive Order is theater, not a fix,” Blumenthal wrote in a post on social platform X. “Reform requires…
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday that aims to limit how long athletes can compete at the college level and how often they can change universities.
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday that changes the rules governing college sports, which are closely linked to the financial compensation received by student athletes, the French news agency AFP reports.
Trump's executive order reshapes college athletics amid the NIL era
There is little question that the college athletics landscape has shifted over the past five years, following the implementation of name, image and likeness rules along with changes to transfer regulations.As a result, NCAA rosters most notably in football and basketball often turn over from year to year. Players are less likely to remain at one university for all four years, and it is no longer uncommon for an athlete to compete for three or ev…
Power 4 college sports conferences react to Trump’s latest executive order
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The leaders of college sports’ most powerful conferences quickly aligned behind President Donald Trump’s latest executive order. Commissioners from the Big Ten, SEC, ACC and Big 12 all released statements on social media Friday evening unanimously thanking Trump for his executive action. Trump’s EO directs federal agencies to potentially restrict funding for schools violating new, tighter rules on pla…
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Nation of BluePresident Donald Trump Signs Executive Order To Regulate College Sports
President Donald Trump is stepping in to regular college sports. On Friday, Trump signed an executive order designed to limit how long athletes can play college sports and how often the can transfer between schools. The order directs the NCAA to create rules that mandate college athletes can play for “no more than a five-year […]
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