Overview
- President Trump said he will issue a comprehensive executive order within a week to address NIL, transfers and governance, acknowledging it will likely face court challenges.
- Trump pressed Congress to enact a national framework, with discussion centering on the Republican-backed SCORE Act that would grant limited antitrust protections and bar athlete employee status.
- House Speaker Mike Johnson said the SCORE Act has the votes to pass in the House, while participants and senators noted the bill faces a far tougher path in the Senate.
- Roughly 50 attendees—including Nick Saban, NBA commissioner Adam Silver, NCAA president Charlie Baker and Power Four commissioners—joined the East Room roundtable; no current college athletes attended.
- Officials warned that donor-funded collectives, frequent transfers and court interventions have eroded consistent rules and threaten non-revenue and Olympic sports, prompting calls for urgent federal action.