This alert was developed with significant assistance and input from Lo Davis, Executive Director of Cavalier Futures Marketing Inc. On July 24, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled “ Saving College Sports ” reflecting the administration’s growing concern over what it describes as a chaotic and unsustainable system, where litigation; name, image and likeness (NIL) state laws; and unregulated student-athlete compensation have eroded the traditional model of college sports. The order seeks to protect and, where possible, expand women’s and nonrevenue sports by ensuring access to scholarships and opportunities to compete (roster spots) and to prohibit pay-for-play payments that function as de facto salaries. The order instructs the Department of Labor and National L

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