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Trump says ‘whole educational system’ could go out of business without fixes to college sports

President Trump plans an executive order to tackle financial strains from name, image, and likeness payments amid warnings that college sports programs risk collapse.

  • Donald Trump hosted a roundtable at the White House with sports leaders, lawmakers, and university officials to discuss major challenges facing U.S. college athletics, especially the growing impact of athlete payments through Name, Image, and Likeness deals.
  • Trump argued that the current NIL system and rising player compensation are destabilizing college athletic programs financially and warned that, if not fixed quickly, the problems could threaten both college sports and the broader U.S. higher-education system.
  • Trump said he plans to issue a broad executive order to push Congress toward reform, while policymakers and sports leaders discussed potential legislation—such as the SCORE Act—to create national rules for athlete compensation and stabilize the system.
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President Donald Trump predicted the destruction not only of college sports but of the entire U.S. university system unless the industry gets fixed quickly, something that some sports leaders who joined him on Friday at a White House summit agreed that could only happen by raising more money to pay the players. Trump suggested that he would draft a comprehensive executive order in a week in the hope that it would boost Congressional action. He a…

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President Trump says 'whole educational system' could go out of business without fixes to college sports

President Donald Trump has predicted the destruction not just of college sports but the entire U.S. collegiate system unless the industry is fixed quickly

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