President Donald Trump has signed another executive order centered on college sports. This is his second executive order about college sports, after the one he signed in July 2025, which was called “Saving College Sports.”
The new one, signed Friday, is designed to limit the number of years athletes can play college sports and how often they can transfer between schools during that period. Here’s everything we know about it.
The latest executive order is called “Urgent National Action to Save College Sports.” It calls on the NCAA to create rules that limit athletes’ participation in college sports for “no more than a five-year period.”
The order also directs the NCAA to establish transfer rules where a player can only transfer once in five years without penalty. If a school doesn’t meet these new limits, it could risk losing its federal funding. The rule changes are scheduled to go into effect on August 1.
“College sports cannot function without clear, agreed-upon rules concerning pay-for-play and player eligibility that can’t be endlessly challenged in court, as is the case now,” the White House said in a news release.
The validity of the executive order remains in doubt. As per ESPN, the order can be deemed unconstitutional by a court.
“Multiple lawyers who work with colleges and their athletes told ESPN they believe that judges would rule the president’s order to be unconstitutional and unenforceable if challenged in court,” ESPN reported.
The order also aims to protect funding for women’s sports and calls for a crackdown on booster collectives that pay players more than their market value for their NIL.
Charlie Baker Commented on President Donald Trump’s New Executive Order
NCAA president Charlie Baker had a brief conversation with the media ahead of the NCAA women’s Final Four matchups. Baker was asked for his comment on the new executive order.
He stated that he hadn’t read the entire order yet, so he wasn’t in a position to talk about it. However, based on what he had seen on social media, he said that “there’s a bunch of things in there that are pretty consistent with the things we’ve been talking to them and to Congress about.”
“Based on my own conversations with a lot of Democrats and Republicans in Washington over the course of the past month or two, I do think there’s a lot of common ground there,” he said.
Baker said that it’s difficult for the NCAA to resolve some of its issues “without at least some support from the feds.” He believes things could be settled in court, but he’s worried about the lengthy process and how long it might take.
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