Sen Tuberville previews NIL meeting with Trump, says Democrats 'don't care' about college sports
The NIL movement on Capitol Hill will have a huge push on Thursday as both Sen Tommy Tuberville R-Ala and former Alabama coach Nick Saban will join President Donald Trump to discuss regulations The transfer portal has run wild as college athletes are now aiming to make as much money as viable during their college eligibility Tuberville mentioned ideally the authorities would not be involved but they find themselves in the thick of things and are brainstorming CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COM The one thing we can do is we can make every state be on the same level for NIL money Now between that we have to come up with specific rules for transfer portals and attainable contracts for players all the things that make college football the greatest sport ever We do not want to turn into minor league sports We can do things we just gotta get it passed he advised The Tournament in Tuscaloosa on Wednesday Tuberville though blamed Democrats for the continued whirlwind that is the current atmosphere of college sports I think we can get it on the floor the dilemma is getting it past a Democrat group that really wants nothing to do with making this country better They don't care about college sports or instruction they worry about the power that they control in this country It's a hard way to go but if anybody can get it done it's President Trump and hopefully we can have various discussion to get on the right track toward helping the NIL and college sports he disclosed FORMER COLORADO STARS SPEAK OUT AMID SHEDEUR SANDERS TRAVIS HUNTER'S CONTROVERSIAL JERSEY RETIREMENTSTuberville also revealed women s sports and transgender inclusion will be at the forefront of the discussion There's nothing more vital than women's sports women's athletics and he stopped the nonsense of biological men and boys in women's sports We've gotta save Title IX we've gotta save women's sports and President Trump is the one that will stand up and fight for women He's done that he understands it and that will be in our entire discussion about NIL If we continue down this path there's not gonna be any money left If we don't do something soon we will lose a lot of non-revenue sports and greater part of those include women's sports Tuberville also believes that if this current landscape continues you're going to start losing fans Sooner or later it'll affect the fans that pay that ticket not knowing who the players are with no loyalty he stated There's no carryover or loyalty to schools that these fans love to advocacy Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter
