Trump warns US 'won't have much of an Olympic team anymore' without new college sports regulations

President Donald Trump warned that the U.S. "won't person an Olympic squad anymore," if not for regularisation connected the NCAA to code dwindling resources for definite non-revenue assemblage sports successful the U.S.

Trump gave the informing astatine a White House ceremonial honoring respective caller NCAA champions successful non-revenue sports.

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President Donald Trump speaks successful the State Dining Room of the White House successful Washington, D.C., connected April 21, 2026, during an lawsuit honoring NCAA collegiate nationalist champions. (Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg)

"75% of Olympians competing for Team USA played arsenic assemblage athletes. If we don't straighten retired this, we're not going to person overmuch of an Olympic squad due to the fact that you person truthful galore of these sports, particularly definite sports wherever it's similar the insignificant leagues, you could telephone it the large leagues, you could telephone it immoderate you want, but we bid unbelievable athletes to spell successful and triumph the golden medal," Trump said Tuesday.

"Without assemblage sports, without your quality to spell into assemblage sports and vie and larn truly however to play and get better, we're not going to person overmuch of an Olympic squad anymore."

Trump made the comments portion honoring the NCAA champion Youngstown State bowling, Oklahoma State men’s golf, Texas A&M women’s volleyball, Wake Forest men’s tennis, Georgia women’s tennis, West Virginia mixed firearm and Florida State women’s shot teams.

Trump adjacent made a uncommon admittance of a accomplishment helium is not truthful bully astatine during the White House ceremony.

Trump, portion honoring the Youngstown State bowling champions, confessed that he's not a large bowler.

"It's not casual bowling, I've tried it, it doesn't enactment excessively good for me. It's precise difficult, actually. It's precise difficult," Trump said.

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The ceremonial gave a spotlight to the non-revenue assemblage sports that Trump seeks to sphere that his caller enforcement order, titled: "Urgent National Action to Save College Sports."

Trump has taken enforcement enactment to mandate that revenue-sharing models implemented by universities indispensable sphere oregon grow scholarships and opportunities for women’s and Olympic sports, dating backmost to past twelvemonth with a akin enforcement order.

The ceremonial came successful the aforesaid day that Trump extended the ongoing ceasefire with Iran.

"Based connected the information that the authorities of Iran is earnestly fractured, not unexpectedly so, and, upon the petition of Field Marshal Asim Munir and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan, we person been asked to clasp our onslaught connected the state of Iran until specified clip arsenic their leaders and representatives tin travel up with a unified proposal," Trump said successful a station shared connected Truth Social.

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"I person truthful directed our subject to proceed the blockade and, successful each different respects, stay acceptable and able, and volition truthful widen the ceasefire until specified clip arsenic their connection is submitted and discussions are concluded, 1 mode oregon the other."

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