Overview

• Executive Order 14322 tasks Education, Justice, Health and Human Services, Labor, the FTC and the NLRB with delivering enforcement, regulatory and litigation plans within 30 to 60 days to stabilize NCAA Division I athletics
• The order prohibits third-party pay-for-play arrangements while explicitly preserving fair-market compensation for name, image and likeness deals
• It compels athletic departments to preserve or expand women’s and other non-revenue sports through scholarship and roster requirements tied to revenue thresholds
• The Labor Department and the National Labor Relations Board are directed to clarify student-athlete employment status to maximize educational and athletic opportunities
• The order does not establish enforceable private rights and leaves key terms undefined, keeping the scope of its practical impact uncertain