After a plea for help from the highest levels of college athletics, President Donald Trump on Friday said he will write an executive order within a week that will “solve all of the problems” brought forth in an unprecedented meeting at the White House to address the future of college sports.
Trump, who was joined in the East Room by about 50 people from varied backgrounds, hosted the first “Saving College Sports” roundtable with vice chairs Secretary of State Marco Rubio, New York Yankees president Randy Levine and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
The group included other politicians, sports celebrities, media executives, conference commissioners, and university presidents, chancellors and athletic directors. Those who spoke delivered a similar message: College sports needs federal legislation to restore order in the NIL space and its overall economics.
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