P resident Donald Trump officially inserted himself into the college sports conversation on Thursday by issuing his first major executive order related to college sports. Titled "Saving College Sports," the order promises sweeping and binding changes to help tame the wild college athletics landscape.

President Trump on Thursday signed an Executive Order that seeks to ban so-called "pay-for-play" payments to college athletes, which critics argue are de facto salaries, arguing college sports in the U.S. is "under unprecedented threat."