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Name, image, portrait It’s sweeping university sports, but the government may need to slow it down.
Alabama head coach Nick Saban CEO after meeting on Thursday Donald Trump It reportedly is considering an executive order to regulate NIL trading in college athletics.
According to Wall Street JournalSaban told Trump that the influx of money has hurt university sports. Saban doesn’t want to stop paying, but he wants to “reform.”
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President Donald Trump gives a start speech to University of Alabama alumni at the Coleman Coliseum before shaking his hand with legendary Alabama football coach Nick Saban. (Gary Cosby Jr./Tuscaloosa News)
Appearing on the Fox News channel last year, Saban urged Congress to intervene and “equally”;
“And while it should still be present for all players, it is not just a pay system that we have, now the most money-raising people in a group can pay the players the most, this is not a level playing field.
Saban said ncaa “can handle” nil Whatever the necessary changes, Parliament will need to “add” national law.
President Donald Trump will speak to alumni of the Coleman Coliseum at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on May 1, 2025. (Anna Money Maker/Getty Images)
“Now we just have state laws — and every state is different — it protects the NCAA from lawsuits by establishing guidelines for the future of college athletics. But the lawsuits have now led us to this point,” Saban said. “We need some protection from lawsuits. I don’t know if that’s an antitrust law or not.
“I’m not very familiar with everything to actually make recommendations, but I know that there’s a need for some kind of federal standards and guidelines that allow people to enforce their rules.”
The NCAA passed the rule last week. The rules allow the university to pay athletes as a result of a billion-dollar lawsuit settlement expected to come into effect this summer.
Earlier this week, Senator Tommy Tuberville; r-ala. said, “It’s President Trump.”
Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump speaks with Republican Sen. Katie Britt at Bryant Denny Stadium to reflect on the crowd for a football game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Georgia Bulldogs in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and a football game between the Alabama Crimson Bulldogs. (Gary Cosby Jr./Imagn Images)
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Saban introduced Trump on Thursday at an Alabama alumni event where Trump spoke.
In his speech, Trump praised it Alabama athletic programsays the school is a place where legends are made.
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