President Trump Drops Unexpected Bombshell That Could Shake Up College Sports Forever
If you told me 10 years ago that college athletes would be raking in millions while switching schools like they’re changing socks, I’d have called you crazy. But here we are—Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deals have flipped the college sports script so hard, some folks are wondering if there’s even a point to it all anymore. Is college ball just a poor man’s NFL now, with less structure and more drama? Well, President Trump seems to think it’s high time someone peeled back the curtain to find out what’s really going wrong. With a new Presidential Commission on the horizon and whispers of conversations with college legends like Nick Saban, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Can a former president play referee in an arena that’s become part glam, part free-for-all? Only time will tell, but one thing’s for sure—this isn’t your granddad’s Saturday football anymore.
President Trump is making a big-time decision on college sports.
The world of college sports has changed a lot in recent years, thanks mostly to Name, Image and Likeness. College athletes are now rightfully able to profit off of their own name, image and likeness. College football and college basketball programs across the country are spending $10 million or more on their rosters. Some college athletes, like Miami quarterback Carson Beck, for example, are making $4 million-plus in a year.
But some have begun to argue that college sports is at risk of losing its essence. Players are transferring at an alarming rate. Rosters are getting turned over basically every year. If college sports is just a worse version of professional sports – with even less regulation – what’s the point?
President Trump is apparently going to find out.
President Trump is announcing that he is creating a Presidential Commission to study college sports.
The commission is charged with figuring out where the biggest issues lie in college sports.
Ross Dellenger of Yahoo! Sports first reported the news:
President Donald Trump is making plans to create a presidential commission on college athletics, the first step in what could be a months-long endeavor for solutions to the issues ailing the ecosystem.
Multiple sources, both in Congress and within college sports, spoke to Yahoo Sports under condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to speak about Trump’s plan. Many college sports stakeholders have been briefed on the matter. It is unclear when an announcement could come.
Trump’s involvement, though not surprising, is a landmark moment in college athletics history — the country’s most powerful elected leader potentially shaping the future of the industry. Details of the commission are for now being kept private, but the group is expected to feature college sports stakeholders, prominent businesspeople with deep connections to college football and, perhaps, even a former coach and administrator.
President Trump reportedly spoke with former Alabama coach Nick Saban last week, the latter of which expressed his concerns about college sports.
Now, it sounds like President Trump will be stepping in.
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