College sports are still in a state of flux. No one seems totally happy with how NIL is being used or regulated. The Ohio State football program has decided to go by the rules of the House Settlement, but not every program is. It is still very much the Wild West.
President Donald Trump hosted a college sports roundtable last month to try to figure out solutions to this problem. Trump has made it very clear that he doesn't like all of the player movement that is going on in collegiate sports, and he wants to put a stop to it.
In fact, that's exactly what Trump did. He decided to sign an executive order that would change the fabric of college sports and change everything that the House Settlement put forth. Here's what the order would mean for the Ohio State Buckeyes, if it's not challenged in court.
How the new executive order affects the Ohio State
Trump's order would limit collegiate athletes to use five years to play five seasons. It would also limit athletes to only one penalty-free transfer year. If they want to transfer multiple times, they would have to sit out a year in order to do that. That significantly changes how Ohio State would approach roster building.
This order is supposed to go into effect on August 1st, which would be right before the Buckeyes start their football season. However, it is very likely that this order will be challenged in court. Trump even expected this, so it's unclear if this new order will ever actually go into effect.
If this order does go into effect, Ohio State would likely use the portal much less in pretty much all sports. There wouldn't be as large a pool of players to choose from, as there wouldn't be as many players transferring. That's the whole point of the order. Time will tell if it ends up passing.