U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a round table on collegiate sports in the White House in Washington, D.C., March 6, 2026. Nathan Howard | Reuters President Donald Trump on Friday vowed to issue an executive order to “fix” what he called a “mess” in college sports created by NIL payments to football, basketball and other players and a legal settlement that allowed universities to directly pay their athletes. Trump said he fully expected such an order would be challenged in the courts, but added that he hoped there would be a judge who would support the order’s goal. “We’ll be sued, and we’ll go before the courts, and here we go again,” he said. Trump’s comments about the name, image and likeness payments system, the House v. NCAA legal case settlement, and other issues came at the Saving College Sports Roundtable at the White House. Attendees included NCAA President Charlie Baker, former Alabama football coach Nick Saban, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. No student-athletes were invited to the event. …