President Trump reportedly considering executive order limiting Name Image Likeness after meeting with Nick Saban

[Eugene]

Source: Yahoo! Sports

President Trump reportedly considering executive order limiting NIL after meeting with Nick Saban

Jack BaerStaff writer
May 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM EDT 3 min read

The latest complication in the ongoing fight over how college athletes should be paid could come straight from the pen of President Donald Trump.

The president is considering an executive order regarding NIL payments after a meeting with former Alabama head coach Nick Saban on Thursday night, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Saban reportedly complained about NIL to Trump, who was in Tuscaloosa to deliver the University of Alabama's commencement address, and said he believed the system has damaged college sports. However, the coach didn't propose eliminating NIL but instead "reforming" it to address an allegedly uneven playing field.

Trump reportedly said he agreed with Saban and would look at drafting an executive order, directing aides to begin studying what such an order would say.

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[OrlandoDem2]

1. NIL is out of control but how in the hell does Trump have any authority over this??

[tableturner]

2. He doesn't.