US EditionTrump says ‘whole educational system’ could go out of business without fixes to college sports
Trump warned the U.S. collegiate system faces collapse due to rising name, image, and likeness costs and plans an executive order to enforce legislative action.
- On Friday, March 6, 2026, President Donald Trump warned that 'The whole educational system is going to go out of business because of this' and pledged an all-encompassing executive order within a week.
- Because of NIL and recent legal changes, Supreme Court 2021 decision and court settlements helped create the current player-payment system, leaving athletic departments with deficits like Louisville's $12.5 million shortfall.
- Lawmakers floated pooling media rights, with Cody Campbell arguing it could raise $6 billion, despite a study last month finding less revenue than current sales.
- House Speaker Mike Johnson said the bill could now pass, with senators planning to introduce a pooling measure next week, while Sen. Cruz warned 'the programs in your state are going away and the students in your state are losing their scholarships.'
- U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee CEO Sarah Hirshland said Olympic and women's sports are at risk because their budgets depend on football and basketball revenue, with roughly 550,000 NCAA college athletes absent from the East Room meeting.
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Trump Warns College Football Spending Could Put Collegiate System at Risk
Photo: Andrew Mullin ~ 760 WJR March 9, 2026 ~ Sports executive Rick Chryst reacts to President Trump’s recent comments predicting the collapse of college sports unless major reforms take place. Chryst breaks down what’s true, what’s political, and what the industry must fix fast.WASHINGTON, D.C. ~ United States President Donald Trump hosted a roundtable meeting on the topic of overspending in college sports last Friday, with guests inc…
‘Boy, Oh Boy!’: Trump Beams with Pride — Until Kristi Noem’s Name Hits a Nerve and an Iran Question Gets a Reporter Publicly Smacked Down as the Room Gets the Warning Loud and Clear
President Donald Trump held a roundtable meeting at the White House on Friday, and the topic of the discussion was the future of college athletics. The Saving College Sports Roundtable included prominent leaders in sports and politics, and Trump brought the drama as he announced that he was signing an executive order to fix the “mess” in college sports, a reference to a measure allowing universities to pay athletes directly. Trump becomes annoye…
Trump Says He'll 'Solve Every Problem' With College Sports
President Trump says he's about to jump into the chaos surrounding college sports—and he's promising a fix that covers everything, ESPN reports. At a White House "Saving College Sports" roundtable Friday, the president said he plans to issue an executive order within a week aimed at reshaping the college...
At White House, College Leaders Plead for Federal Action
President Trump presided over a White House discussion on the future of college sports, the latest sign of growing momentum toward a federal solution to the troubles plaguing college athletics. Declaring that “a lot of really bad things are happening” in college athletics, President Donald Trump said Friday he’s planning to draft an executive order to overhaul the system. What would be in the order is unclear, but Trump said at the end of a two-…
Trump vows to issue order soon to overhaul college sports
President Donald Trump vowed to issue an executive order within one week addressing concerns over athlete salaries, transfers and the impact of gambling after a session with lawmakers and college sports luminaries that left him frustrated over the prospects for legislation to overhaul college sports. The meeting Friday afternoon was intended to kick off a presidential council to examine issues facing college sports, and Republican lawmakers — in…
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