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The leaders of assemblage sports’ astir powerful conferences quickly aligned down President Donald Trump’s latest executive order.
Commissioners from nan Big Ten, SEC, ACC and Big 12 each released statements connected societal media Friday evening unanimously thanking Trump for his executive action.
Trump's EO directs national agencies to perchance restrict backing for schools violating new, tighter rules connected subordinate transfers (limited to one) and eligibility (maximum 5 years), while curbing pay-for-play booster collectives and protecting women's and Olympic sports funding.
The conferences struck a accordant reside of appreciation for national involvement, coupled pinch a renewed telephone for Congress to found nationalist standards governing assemblage athletics, peculiarly pinch respect to jock compensation, employment position and name, image and likeness (NIL) rules.
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Big 10 Commissioner Tony Petitti wrote, "The Big Ten Conference would for illustration to convey President Trump for his activity and continuing efforts to protect assemblage athletics and joins him successful urging Congress to quickly walk authorities addressing nan captious issues undermining its semipermanent stability.
"Consistent pinch President Trump’s executive order, nan bipartisan SCORE Act thoughtfully addresses name, image, and likeness for student-athletes, protecting world and diversion opportunities provided done women’s and Olympic sports programs, and expands resources to support student-athletes connected and disconnected nan field.
"We will proceed to activity pinch a wide conjugation of assemblage sports stakeholders and members of Congress to enact this legislation."
SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey wrote, "The constitution and enforcement of accordant nationalist standards for assemblage athletics remains a apical priority, and President Trump’s executive bid provides important clarity to thief guarantee each programs run nether comparable policies.
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President Donald Trump’s FCC is seeking nationalist comments connected nan ongoing displacement of unrecorded sports from broadcast channels to streaming services. (Getty Images)
"We are grateful for nan President’s activity and nan continued, bipartisan engagement of members of nan House and Senate connected these cardinal issues.
"We support House of Representatives support of nan SCORE Act and meaningful Senate information of akin authorities to sphere world opportunity for student-athletes and nan semipermanent early of assemblage sports."
Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark wrote, "Federal action is basal to protect nan early of assemblage athletics, and connected behalf of nan Big 12, we admit President Trump’s committedness to advancing a solution. To build connected this momentum and supply semipermanent clarity and stability, Congress must now act.
"The bipartisan SCORE Act offers a broad model for galore of nan issues facing our industry, and I look guardant to proceed moving pinch President Trump and Congress to enact meaningful reforms."
ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips wrote, "We profoundly convey President Trump and his administration’s ongoing committedness to protecting assemblage athletics by issuing today’s executive order. Following nan White House’s assemblage sports roundtable, location continues to beryllium important momentum to sphere nan diversion and world opportunities for nan adjacent procreation of student-athletes, and we admit nan efforts.
"We stay optimistic that nan SCORE Act, which would supply stableness to assemblage sports, will walk nan House of Representatives successful nan adjacent future."
The executive bid "directs Federal agencies to bolster nan effectiveness of cardinal college sports rules connected transferring, eligibility, and pay-for-play by evaluating whether violations of specified rules render a assemblage unfit for Federal grants and contracts."
It besides says that a "five-year information window" will beryllium enforced, on pinch "structured transportation rules" and a "banning (of) improper financial arrangements including pay-for-play agreements facilitated by collectives and akin entities."
Trump's executive bid comes astir a period aft he hosted a roundtable addressing respective hot-button issues pinch notable sports figures and officials.
SCORE ACT RECEIVES SUPPORT FROM OVER 20 CONSERVATIVE GROUPS AS NIL REFORM FIGHT REVS UP
The SCORE Act was astatine nan forefront of nan roundtable. It was scheduled to beryllium voted connected successful December, but the ballot was canceled shortly earlier it was to return place.
The White House endorsed nan act, but 3 Republicans — Byron Donalds of Florida, Scott Perry of Pennsylvania and Chip Roy of Texas — voted pinch Democrats not to bring nan enactment to nan floor. Democrats person mostly opposed nan bill, urging members of nan House to ballot against it.
The enactment would springiness nan NCAA a constricted antitrust exemption successful hopes of protecting nan NCAA from imaginable lawsuits complete eligibility rules and would prohibit athletes from becoming labor of their schools. It prohibits schools from utilizing student fees to money NIL payments.
The president's order from July prohibits athletes from receiving pay-to-play payments from third-party sources. However, nan bid did not enforce immoderate restrictions connected NIL payments to assemblage athletes by third-party sources. It besides demands that schools relationship for preserving resources for nan non-revenue sports.
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President Donald Trump signs an executive bid during nan Commander-in-Chief's Trophy position pinch nan Navy Midshipmen shot squad successful nan East Room of nan White House successful Washington, D.C., March 20, 2026. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)
A period earlier Trump's order, a judge approved a settlement betwixt nan NCAA, its astir powerful conferences and lawyers representing each Division I athletes. The woody intends nan NCAA will salary adjacent to $2.8 cardinal successful backmost damages complete nan adjacent 10 years to assemblage athletes who competed from 2016 to 2025. The colony besides allows assemblage programs to salary athletes directly.
Fox News Digital's Ryan Morik contributed to this report.
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Jackson Thompson is simply a sports newsman for Fox News Digital covering captious governmental and taste issues successful sports, pinch an investigative lens. Jackson's reporting has been cited successful national authorities actions related to nan enforcement of Title IX, and successful bequest media outlets including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Associated Press and ESPN.com.
