Nick Saban touts Trump’s NCAA executive order
Legendary coach Nick Saban discusses advising President Donald Trump on a new executive order aimed at reining in the NCAA, warning that without new rules on transfers and eligibility, college athletics faces ‘chaos’ and financial ruin.
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The U.S. Department of the Interior has addressed a recent report that Secretary Doug Burgum is pushing for former President Teddy Roosevelt to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
In a statement to Pakinomist Digital, the department compared Roosevelt’s influence in saving American football to President Donald Trump’s recent executive action to reform college sports.
In a statement to Pakinomist Digital, the department compared Roosevelt’s impact on American football to President Donald Trump’s recent executive action to reform college sports
The New York Post reported Saturday that Burgum made the comments about Roosevelt’s Hall of Fame candidacy at a Bank of America reception Thursday.
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell speaks during a news conference following Super Bowl LX at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California on February 9, 2026. (Matthew Huang/Icon Sportswire)
“Roger Goodell was in the White House in the Oval Office, I had a chance to be with him there because we, the National Park Service, control the National Mall,” Burgum reportedly said. “The NFL draft will be held on the Mall a year from now (and) the Capitol will be in the background.
“Keep it a secret. Fingers crossed, but I think we’re going to see Theodore Roosevelt get inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame… it’ll be announced on the Mall when Roger Goodell presides over the draft.”
Teddy Roosevelt is credited save football in 1905-1906 by forcing college officials to reform the rules of the game after frequent injury-related deaths among players.
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President Donald Trump holds a signed order during the presentation of the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy with the Navy Midshipmen football team in the East Room of the White House in Washington, District of Columbia, March 20, 2026. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)
The reforms led to the creation of the forward pass and the prohibition of dangerous formations.
Meanwhile, Trump has passed several executive orders aimed at regulating the NIL while protecting non-revenue sports and women’s sports amid growing financial pressure for universities to invest in revenue programs like football and basketball.
On April 3, Trump signed an executive order titled “Urgent National Action to Save College Sports,” aimed at limiting the influence of NIL collectives and transferring portal freedom. The executive order proposes strict five-year eligibility limits, limits transfers and threatens to pull federal funding from institutions that don’t follow NCAA rules to establish a uniform national framework.
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President Donald Trump arrives for a roundtable discussion on college sports in the East Room of the White House, Friday, March 6, 2026, in Washington. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)
Trump has also taken executive action to mandate that revenue-sharing models implemented by universities must preserve or expand scholarships and opportunities for women’s and Olympic sports, preventing them from being reduced to paying football or basketball players.
Last February, Trump signed the “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” executive order, redefining Title IX to mean that “sex” is based on reproductive biology and genetics at birth. This explicitly prohibited transgender women from competing in women’s college sports.
