Nick Saban Elected Co-Chair of Trump Committee

Former Alabama head coach Nick Saban met with President Donald Trump last week about NIL, and Trump has now set his plan in motion to remedy the growing problem of NIL in college football.

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According to On3 Sports, former Alabama head coach Nick Saban is expected to be named co-chair of the Presidential Commission studying college sports.

What does that mean?

President Donald Trump, after meeting with Nick Saban and Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville, plans to form a commission focused on collegiate sports. The Athletic reported Trump will be "very engaged" because of the national importance he sees in collegiate athletics.

Trump is also considering an executive order creating more scrutiny around NIL deals.

According to the report, the commission on college sports is expected to "deeply examine the unwieldy landscape of college sports, including the frequency of college sports, including the frequency of player movement."

Trump's plan to consider an executive order and form a commission came with the House v. NCAA settlement, which is still ongoing.

Attorney Steve Berman called out Nick Saban and President Trump's discussions as the settlement seeks approval. Legal executives say an executive order could create more problems than it could solve, and Berman called for conversations to end while both sides work toward final approval.

“While he was a coach, [Nick] Saban initially opposed NIL payments to athletes, pushing to add restrictions and red tape through national legislation to add ‘some sort of control,'” Berman said in a statement. “During his time scrutinizing the athlete pay structure, he made tens of millions of dollars and was previously the highest-paid coach in college football.

“Coach Saban and Trump’s eleventh-hour talks of executive orders and other meddling are just more unneeded self-involvement. College athletes are spearheading historic changes and benefitting massively from NIL deals. They don’t need this unmerited interference from a coach only seeking to protect the system that made him tens of millions.”

Wyatt Fulton is the Tide 100.9 DME and Brand Manager, primarily covering Alabama Crimson Tide football and men's basketball. For more Crimson Tide coverage, follow Wyatt on X (Formerly known as Twitter) at @FultonW_.