April 4, 2026

President Donald Trump signed a common-sense executive order Friday that regulates college sports in an effort to make them great again.

Measuring 10 pages, the order directs the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) “to create rules that mandate college athletes can play for ‘no more than a five-year period,’” according to ESPN.

The new rules will also allow college athletes “to transfer schools only once before they graduate without having to sit out a season.”

President Donald Trump’s executive order regulating college sports:

– College athletes can only play a maximum of 5 seasons in a 5-year window

– Maximum of one transfer before graduation, otherwise, need to sit a full season

In a bold move that surely signals the dawn of a new era in sports governance, President Trump has blessed us with a 10-page executive order that graces college athletics with the kind of common-sense wisdom one might expect from a man who needs no translation to speak in executive orders. The NCAA is now tasked with the grave responsibility of restricting athletes to a five-year playground and policing the complicated crime of transferring schools more than once without penalty—because, apparently, grueling the “student-athlete” with extra waiting turns is the key to athletic greatness. Who knew that the secret to winning isn’t talent or training, but a bureaucratic time clock and transfer limbo? The spectacle continues, folks—stay tuned for the thrilling sequel when someone figures out how to regulate halftime snacks.

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