Overview
- President Trump signed an executive order that directs the NCAA to set a five-year limit on college playing eligibility and to allow only one transfer without sitting out.
- The order warns that colleges that do not follow the new standards could lose federal funding.
- It also targets third-party name, image and likeness payments by urging a ban on improper arrangements and tighter oversight of donor-led collectives.
- NCAA president Charlie Baker welcomed the move and said it reinforces protections such as health care, mental health support and scholarship security.
- The push follows a 2021 Supreme Court ruling that opened the NIL market, and leaders like SEC commissioner Greg Sankey are urging Congress to pass the bipartisan SCORE Act to set national rules.