NCAA President Sees Trump Executive Order as Blueprint For Congress
INDIANAPOLIS — On Friday, President Donald Trump issued a sweeping executive order aimed at implementing a one-time transfer rule, setting eligibility standards that would prohibit former professional athletes by putting a five-year cap on the eligibility window, and limiting pay-for-play NIL (name, image, and likeness) deals. The biggest question, however, is whether any of the stipulations in the order are legally enforceable.
But regardless of its enforceability, Trump’s executive order may still be valuable to college sports leaders.
At the men’s Final Four on Saturday, NCAA President Charlie Baker told reporters he “appreciates” Trump’s interest in the issue and sees the executive action as positive. In his view, it signaled momentum in Washington for a federal solution to college sports and provided a potential blueprint for issues federal legislators should tackle.
“Having been a governor, I mean, you write executive orders for all sorts of reasons,” Baker said. “Sometimes, it’s to create an opportunity to clarify whatever existing authority you may have at the agency level. And sometimes, it’s to encourage the legislature to move on those kinds of issues.”
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