Trump warns the U.S. Olympic team could suffer without college sports reform
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President Donald Trump has warned that the US “will no longer have an Olympic team,” if not for the NCAA’s rule to deal with the dwindling resources of some college sports that do not make money in the US.
Trump gave the warning at a White House ceremony honoring several recent NCAA champions in non-profit sports.
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President Donald Trump speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, April 21, 2026, during a ceremony honoring the NCAA national champions. (Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg)
“75% of the Olympians who compete for Team USA have played as college athletes. If we don’t understand this, we won’t have many Olympic teams because you have so many of these sports, especially some sports where it’s like the minor leagues, you can call it the big leagues, you can call it whatever you want, but we’re training unbelievable athletes to win a gold medal on Tuesday.
“Without college sports, without your ability to go into college sports and compete and learn how to play and get better, we’re not going to have a great Olympic team.”
Trump made the remarks while 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 shot put and Florida State women’s soccer teams.
Trump even made a rare admission of a skill he’s not good at during a White House event.
Trump, while paying tribute to the bowling champions at Youngstown State, admitted that he is not a great skater.
“It’s not easy to throw the ball, I’ve tried it, it doesn’t work well for me. It’s very difficult, actually. It’s very difficult,” Trump said.
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The event gave a spotlight to the nonprofit college sports that Trump wants to preserve in his latest executive order, titled: “National Emergency Action to Save College Sports.”
Trump has taken executive action to mandate that profit-sharing models used by universities must maintain or expand scholarships and opportunities for women and girls. Olympic Gamessince last year by order of the same officer.
The event came on the same afternoon that Trump extended the ongoing nuclear deal with Iran.
“Based on the fact that the government of Iran is deeply broken, not unexpectedly, and, at the request of Field Marshal Asim Munir and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan, we have been asked to hold our attack on the country of Iran until their leaders and representatives come out with a joint proposal,” Trump said in a post shared with Truth.
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“So I have directed our troops to continue the blockade and, in all other respects, remain ready and able, so they will extend the ceasefire until such time as their proposal is submitted and the negotiations are concluded, one way or another.”
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