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As President Donald Trump performs one of the most sports-focused administrations in history, his recent “Saving College Sports” executive order has led to a strong response from veteran sports agent Leigh Steinberg.
“They responded to a need that was that the recruitment and transfer portal had gone out of control,” Steinberg told Pakinomist Digital.
The NCAA logo appears in the center of a baseectball court. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
The executive order aimed at regulating business sports business by setting restrictions on which parties can pay college athletes and mandate for the preservation of resources for women’s sports came at a time when more money is ever made available to college athletes.
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The recent house against the NCAA Supreme Court settlement legalized universities for the first time to directly pay college athletes via revenue sharing. Previously, college athletes were only allowed to make money via Nil. But Trump’s mandate prevents athletes from being able to legally accept money from any third -party source to play for a particular school.
“It had some positive elements for it, trying to regulate a field that has been unregulated,” Steinberg said.
Steinberg believes it was important to limit the “collectives”, which means that the third parties who paid athletes to pay for certain universities were important to hold the recruitment fair.
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“While [schools] Can still bring a deal to a player, it will have to fit a fair market value, “said Steinberg.” It should cool off the unstable recruitment for the money. ”
Steinberg also praised the performing order’s intention to protect and maintain resources for college sports other than football and men’s basketball, especially women’s sports that do not generate as much revenue.
“It has a number of standards based on the size of the revenue from the athletic department that requires it not to cut scholarships to players in these sports, so it’s a protective device,” Steinberg said.
“If part of the goal is to provide the most educational opportunities for most students, and we believe that playing sports is one of them can not just be college -football, basketball and women’s basketball; it should be a wider charge of protecting these sports.”
The executive order only sets general goals and gives Trump administration 30 days to design a frame before it is implemented.
President Donald Trump stops an executive order after signing it during an indoor inauguration parade on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Steinberg believes that the defined language in the order specifically has to determine which third party can help recruit to effectively prevent third-party payments to arise, while not hamstring other resources for college sports programs from Boosters and not inhibiting the NIL market.
“It must have guidelines on what collectives or external bodies may or cannot do in terms of contributing money to this recruitment process, and then it has to install certain measurements and criteria for what an acceptable deal is based on the player’s branding and marketing,” Steinberg said.
Steinberg also called for the implementation of a wage state in college football and men’s basketball.
