Yurachek weighs in on President Trump's 'Saving College Sports' order
The ever-changing world of college athletics hit another landmark on Thursday.
President Donald Trump put pen to paper on the “Saving College Sports” Executive Order that will still allow athletes to benefit from Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) endorsements, but with some stipulations.
The Executive Order “directs the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission to take appropriate actions to protect student-athletes’ rights and safeguard the long-term stability of college athletics from endless, debilitating antitrust and other legal challenges.”
This includes aiming to protect scholarships for non-revenue sports – more directly, olympic and women’s sports – ban third-party “pay-for-play,” as well as “clarify the status of college athletes” as amateurs as opposed to employees.
Arkansas Athletics Director Hunter Yurachek praised the President’s signing of the order.
“I am excited about the positive impact that President Trump’s executive order can have on the future of college athletics,” Yurachek said. “Our Razorback student-athletes across 19 sports, past and present, have benefited from a life-changing academic and athletic experience.”
NCAA President Charlie Baker also issued a statement on Thursday following the passage of ‘Saving College Sports’.
“The NCAA is making positive changes for student-athletes and confronting many challenges facing college sports by mandating health and wellness benefits and guaranteeing scholarships, but there are some threats to college sports that federal legislation can effectively address and the Association is advocating with student-athletes and their schools for a bipartisan solution with Congress and the Administration,” Baker said in a press release.
“The Association appreciates the Trump Administration’s focus on the life-changing opportunities college sports provides millions of young people and we look forward to working with student-athletes, a bipartisan coalition in Congress and the Trump Administration to enhance college sports for years to come.”
Arkansas men’s head basketball coach John Calipari also expressed his thoughts via X.
For more information on ‘Saving College Sports’ click here.
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