Presidential committees draft ‘ideas’ including new governing entity, cap on coach salaries, more
Presidential committees on college sports have distributed a draft of “ideas” to reform the landscape, according to Yahoo! Sports’ Ross Dellenger . The committees include conference commissioners, athletics directors and White House representatives.
According to the draft, which is “for discussion purposes only,” recommends the creation of a task force overseen by Congress to address issues facing college athletics. The goal would be to create more financial stability while enhancing revenue and controlling cost. SUBSCRIBE to the On3 NIL and Sports Business Newsletter Those efforts include a crackdown on salary cap circumvention through collectives and a ban on “re-direction” of athletics department dollars through multi-media rights (MMR) and apparel contracts.
The committees also recommended a Group of 6 playoff while also putting a salary cap on both coaches and administrators. The college sports presidential committees have produced a draft of preliminary “ideas,” including establishing a new governing entity; strict cap circumvention; G6 playoff; regionalizing Olympic sports; capping coach/AD salaries; eligibility/transfer standards; pooling TV rights pic. twitter.
com/Tr95MewSBp — Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) May 8, 2026 As part of the draft, the committees stressed the need for some type of antitrust exemption. That has come up in the NCAA’s quest for federal legislation to help settle the college athletics space, specifically with regard to the SCORE Act . Yahoo!
Sports reported Republican leaders in the U. S. House of Representatives are aiming to bring it to the floor for a vote the week of May 18.