President Donald Trump is mulling over issuing an executive order to address college football’s Name Image and Likeness payments following a meeting Thursday with former Alabama coach Nick Saban, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Citing White House officials, the Journal reported that Saban told Trump that he believed the explosion of NIL money into college sports was damaging the system.

On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville said he expected to speak with Saban and Trump prior to the president’s Thursday night speech to graduates at the University of Alabama.

Tuberville on Thursday posted on social media that he and Trump discussed NIL while flying to Tuscaloosa on Air Force One.

“College football is the heart and soul of America — but it’s in danger if we don’t level the playing field,” Tuberville posted.

An impending House vs. NCAA settlement would resolve a number of antitrust lawsuits against the NCAA with more revenue likely coming student athletes’ way.

The settlement includes a revenue sharing plan that will allow schools to begin paying student athletes as soon as next school year, with each school distributing as much as $20.5 million to its athletes.

Saban wasn’t lobbying for an end to the practice, but some kind of reform to blunt the rise of an “athlete arms race” among NCAA blue blood programs, according to the report. Saban was not available for comment this afternoon.

NIL began in the summer of 2021 when the NCAA began allowing student athletes to begin profiting off their name, image and likeness.

The Journal reported that Trump told Saban he agreed with him and tasked staffers to begin studying the issue and crafting an order.

The former Alabama coach, who retired in 2024, said NIL and the way it had changed players attitudes was one of the reasons that made him leave the game.