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President Donald Trump reportedly planning to create Presidential Commission to monitor college sports
By Paul Harvey
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President Donald Trump is reportedly getting ready to take a major step toward monitoring the landscape of college athletics.
According to Ross Dellenger with Yahoo Sports, Trump is planning to launch a Presidential Commission to study college sports. That commission would reportedly be charged with finding solutions to the current unregulated landscape throughout college athletics.
Dellenger cited both congressional and college sports sources on the condition of anonymity in his report. Stakeholders within college athletics have already been briefed on the issue, but a timeline for a formal announcement is unclear.
Trump’s commission would be a landmark move in an era of mass change for sports across the board. The commission could even be created in tandem with an executive order, following reports that the president was considering such an order aimed at NIL.
Dellenger also reports that former Alabama head coach Nick Saban is expected to be “integral” to the commission. Trump and Saban met and discussed various items prior to an Alabama commencement address that both men spoke at.
With the NCAA’s old model quickly falling by the wayside and the introduction of Name, Image and Likeness, college sports have been in a whirlwind of change, but with many looking for a unifying framework or set of rules to abide by. If a commission is indeed launched, it will be interesting to watch and see if it can do just that down the road.
Paul Harvey lives in Atlanta and covers SEC football.
