Jason Sobolik

The NCAA is a private organization, and its bylaws are internal contracts. EOs only direct federal agencies, not private groups. No statute gives the President power to rewrite them or deprive athletes of their rights. An EO would be aspirational only and a waste of time.

Many college "leaders" are celebrating President Trump's signing of an executive order that will purportedly save college sports. What their commentaries fail to highlight is that the order does not create any rules. It does not grant the NCAA an antitrust exemption. It does not and cannot declare that NCAA rules are immune from legal challenge. It tells the NCAA and federal agencies to do certain things (such as returning to a one-time transfer with immediate eligibility rule and preempting state NIL laws). However, each of those things must still comply with existing law and survive judicial review. The order says so in Section 4(b), which conditions the NCAA's rulemaking mandate on actions taken "to the extent permitted by law and applicable court orders." The executive order's enforcement mechanism is federal funding. That's a real threat. However, conditioning federal funding on compliance with an executive order is something that courts are willing to scrutinize and reject when the legal foundation is insufficient. And let's not forget that at his roundtable one month ago, President Trump said he anticipated any executive order he signed would be challenged in court. I expect the NCAA to attempt to adopt rules consistent with the executive order's directives, and that challenges will be brought to the courts. Congress will hold more hearings on college sports. No bills will be passed. Lawyers will bill more hours (thanks, President Trump!), state attorneys general will fight back against the federal government interfering with their state laws, and the courts will strike down any new policies that violate antitrust law.

This is no April Fools’ joke. Incoming PSAs can now start requesting final athletics certification through the EC. Below is a helpful guide from the NCAA!

Even coaches are doing the ‘returning’ posts on social media.

I am liking this year’s Braves schedule to start 2026. Last year they open with San Diego and the Dodgers on the road. This year it’s Kansas City and Oakland.

If college athletes are sharing in revenue that is generated, why are HS athletes not afforded the same opportunities to share in the revenue their schools make off of them? Just saying…

@CoachForGov It’s not the transfer portal it’s agents and the legal system.

The transfer portal has screwed up college sports. My bill is simple: you get 5 consecutive years to play 5 seasons and you get 1 transfer. After that, if you transfer again, you sit out a year. This will fix 80% of the issues in NIL today.

How much do the agents have to pay back to the athletes after over promising and under delivering when they can’t get them a better situation than they already have?

A little Compliance Jeopardy in today’s Rules Education meeting

I will say it again for those who care to listen to me, a team that earns the AQ should not have to play in the play in game.

So a conference 12 seed that has 16 wins and a losing record in conference play is a bubble team? What are we doing?

I now may have to watch this tonight so I can play bingo

This! This is the thing! It's that simple. Don't want to follow the rules, don't be a part of it.

So 300 plus universities agree on a fundamental structure. A handful of prominent universities say we want to win football games -- so we're going to challenge that structure. Next thing you know, the NCAA is legally defending itself from itself. What a world.

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If you don’t play a snap you can’t get a medical hardship. It’s just a redshirt.

If it’s a season ending incapacitating injury confirmed by a medical professional with proper medical documentation you get a waiver. If not, no waiver. It’s really that simple

Yes Virginia there is a Santa Clause.

Take the points!

Stop blaming the NCAA for this mess you call college athletics. The schools are the NCAA, the schools voted and adopted the rules that they are breaking and having their athletes file suits to get around the rules they voted on and no longer like.