Donald Trump college sports executive order, explained: What to know about impact on NCAA transfers, eligibility, more

Donald Trump college sports executive order, explained: What to know about impact on NCAA transfers, eligibility, more originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . President Donald Trump announced an executive order on Friday that aims to regulate college sports.

The order would not go in effect until August 1, and it has a goal to "preserve the unique American institution of college athletics by restoring order, fairness, and stability. " Among the portions of college sports that the order aims to regulate is transfers, athlete eligibility and funding requirements for women and Olympic sports. Here's what to know about Trump's executive order on college sports.

MARCH MADNESS HQ: Live NCAA bracket | TV schedule | Latest news and more Donald Trump college sports executive order Here are some of the main points and goals named in the executive order. Transfers Potentially the most consequential part of the order regards the rules on athletes transferring within NCAA institutions. Currently, athletes can transfer as many times as they want as long as they are academically eligible to do so — after a Supreme Court decision in 2021 said the NCAA was not exempt from antitrust laws, rules were later changed to allow athletes to transfer every year.

However, the new order aims to limit how many times a player can transfer. According to On3, Trump's order states that athletes would instead be given one “free” transfer as an undergraduate and again as a graduate. Under the order, athletes could only use their one transfer without having to sit out for a season, per ESPN.