🚨 TRUMP JUST SAVED COLLEGE SPORTS.
No more billionaire bidding wars.
No more boosters buying rosters.
No more chaos.
Trump just signed an executive order banning the “pay-for-play” deals that turned college football & basketball into free agency.
Here’s what it means 🧵
2/ The order is called “Saving College Sports.”
It bans third-party “pay-to-play” payouts that were never about NIL—but about bribing teenagers to flip schools for cash.
❌ No more donor bidding wars
❌ No more fake “endorsements”
✅ Real amateur athletics preserved
3/ To be clear:
✅ Real endorsements (Nike, Gatorade, local brands) are still legal.
❌ Fake “NIL” payments just to lure recruits are banned.
If you’re not promoting a brand, it’s a bribe—and Trump just ended it.
4/ This restores integrity to college sports.
Trump’s order also protects Olympic & scholarship sports—like wrestling, swimming, gymnastics—by requiring big programs to fund more non-revenue scholarships.
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5/ New rules:
🏟️ Programs >$125M: must increase non-revenue scholarships
🏟️ $50M–$125M: maintain current levels
🏟️ <$50M: can’t slash small sports to fund football/basketball
Trump just locked in opportunity for thousands of real student-athletes.
6/ This chaos started after a 2021 SCOTUS ruling blew up NCAA recruiting rules.
What followed?
💰 Booster bidding wars
🔁 Annual roster flips
🛑 No accountability
Trump’s EO brings order to the madness—and fairness back to the field.
7/ Trump’s team is already executing:
📚 Education Sec. Linda McMahon
⚖️ AG Pam Bondi
💊 HHS Sec. RFK Jr.
🛡️ FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson
Whew! These people are BUSY!
They have 30 days to deliver full enforcement.
Trump doesn’t just talk. He acts.
8/ Trump’s move protects:
🏈 College football
🏀 Men’s basketball
🤼 Olympic sports
🎓 Academic integrity
🎯 Team loyalty
College sports were turning into pro sports without rules. Trump shut it down—fast.
9/ This is the way.
✅ No more booster bribes
✅ More scholarships
✅ Real amateur competition
This is what leadership looks like.
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