Trump-Backed Committee Proposes Federal Task Force to Regulate College Sports Media Rights, Coach Pay and Transfer Rules

A presidential committee recommended creating a task force to examine pooling media rights, limiting coaches salaries, and rewriting eligibility and transfer-portal rules. The committee also proposed at least a dozen other ideas. A draft document of the committee’s proposals was obtained by Yahoo Sports.

The draft document wants Congress to quickly pass legislation that would create the task force. The proposed task force would receive the antitrust exemption and the right to override individual state laws. Those powers are being sought by the NCAA and other collegiate sports leaders.

The committee is the product of a White House summit called by President Donald Trump in March 2026. President Donald Trump warned the “whole educational system” was in peril if the issues dogging sports cannot be resolved. The draft document unveils a laundry list of items, all of which have been discussed in the revenue-sharing era.

Schools are struggling to pay players and maintain full athletic programs. com reported that the proposals address spiraling costs in college sports. Pooling the media rights of the conferences is one of the more divisive ideas.

The Southeastern and Big Ten Conferences oppose pooling the media rights of the conferences. A group led by Texas Tech regent Cody Campbell has argued that pooling media rights could add some $7 billion in value. , ACC expires in 2036), so change will likely be an evolution to a new model,” the paper said.

The ACC media rights contract expires in 2036. 5 million limit they’re allowed to pay out directly. An arbitration case was brought by Nebraska football players whose NIL deals were rejected by the College Sports Commission.

The College Sports Commission was placed in charge of analyzing third-party contracts. The draft paper calls on Congress to implement legislation before its summer break, which traditionally starts in August. Congress has been stalled for more than a year on legislation that would codify elements of the House settlement that put revenue-sharing into place.

The biggest hang-ups include the call for the antitrust exemption for the NCAA. Under this proposal, the exemption would instead belong to a task force and then a permanent governing body that would take its place.