Although NIL payments to student-athletes seem to have become engrained in contemporary college sports, apparently President Trump doesn't like them. From the NY Times:
President Trump is considering an executive order to examine payments made to college athletes and whether they have created an unfair system, two people briefed on the matter said [last] Friday. Mr. Trump’s focus on the issue — which he’s talked about in the past, one of the people briefed on the matter noted — was renewed after he spoke with Nick Saban, the famed former University of Alabama football coach, backstage at an event Thursday night in Tuscaloosa, where Mr. Trump delivered an address to graduates... [A possible] executive order would address newly expanded opportunities for student-athletes to monetize their athletic careers. Last year, the N.C.A.A., the organization that governs much of college sports, agreed to settle a class-action antitrust lawsuit that had accused it and its member schools of exploiting student-athletes while hoarding the profits of the lucrative college sports industry.
The $2.8 billion settlement, which is nearing approval, created a revenue-sharing plan for college athletics in which schools would start directly paying their athletes, a major shake-up of the college sports landscape. The N.C.A.A. has already removed restrictions on athletes monetizing their athletic careers through endorsements and sponsorships — known as “name, image and likeness” payments... Mr. Saban, while coaching the Alabama Crimson Tide football team, criticized the payments, saying that the system favored wealthy college sports programs that could afford to offer better compensation to the best players...
Full story at https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05/02/us/trump-news#trump-college-athlete-payments.
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