Executive Order Targets College Athletics Compliance, NIL Practices, and Federal Funding - Part 2

On April 3, 2026, the White House issued the Executive Order titled "Urgent National Action to Save College Sports." The order is designed to promote a more uniform national approach to core college-sports rules – especially athlete eligibility, transfers, revenue-sharing, and pay-for-play activity – by leveraging federal grants and contracts and by pressing the NCAA to update or clarify its rules before August 1, 2026.... By: Baker Donelson