{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://baumgartner.house.gov/media/press-releases/baumgartner-applauds-president-trumps-executive-order-save-college-sports", "Baumgartner Applauds President Trump\u2019s Executive Order to Save College Sports", "2025-07-24", "2025", "2025-07", "Republican", "House", "WA", "Michael Baumgartner", "B001322", "baumgartner.house.gov", "baumgartner", "https://baumgartner.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON- Congressman Michael Baumgartner (WA-05) issued the following statement upon President Trump signing Executive Order, Saving College Sports earlier today.\n\n\u201cPresident Trump\u2019s Executive Order is a major step toward restoring fairness in college athletics. It reins in NIL abuses, protects women\u2019s and Olympic sports, and ensures any future revenue-sharing model preserves broad-based participation,\u201d said Congressman Baumgartner. \u201cIt reflects the values I\u2019ve championed: equity, opportunity, and sustainability across the full landscape of college sports. I applaud the President for signing this Executive Order, and I look forward to working with him to save college sports.\u201d\n\nThe Executive Order:\n\nSets clear expectations for large athletic departments (those with over $50 million in revenue) to preserve\u2014and for the largest departments (over $125 million)\u2014to expand scholarship opportunities and roster spots in Olympic and non-revenue sports.\n\nEstablishes federal policy that any revenue-sharing arrangements between schools and athletes must be structured to protect and sustain women\u2019s sports and broad-based participation opportunities.\n\nDeclares third-party, pay-for-play inducements\u2014those not tied to fair market value or legitimate endorsement activity\u2014as improper and contrary to the educational mission of college athletics.\n\nDirects the full federal apparatus\u2014including the Departments of Education, Justice, HHS, the FTC, and the NLRB\u2014to implement these priorities and to \u201cstabilize\u201d college athletics through regulation, enforcement, litigation, funding decisions, and coordination with states and Congress.\n\nEstablishes a consultative group on protecting the development of the U.S. Olympic Team.\n\nYou can read the full Executive Order here", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T14:40:33Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://baumgartner.house.gov/media/press-releases/baumgartner-applauds-president-trumps-executive-order-save-college-sports"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.9870386458933353, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}