{"id":74199,"date":"2026-05-30T05:57:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T10:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/30\/could-the-unlikely-savior-of-us-college-sports-be-donald-trump\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T05:57:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T10:57:46","slug":"could-the-unlikely-savior-of-us-college-sports-be-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/30\/could-the-unlikely-savior-of-us-college-sports-be-donald-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Could the unlikely savior of US college sports be \u2026 Donald Trump?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As universities prepare to spend millions paying athletes directly, fears mount that Olympic and women\u2019s sports will pay the price. An improbable figure could well stop it<\/p>\n<p>Female athletes and Olympic sports athletes, two overlapping groups that have long thrived in US colleges, are facing an uncertain future on campus. These athletes\u2019 college prospects may lie in the hands of a surprising savior \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/may\/30\/donald-trump-college-sports-women-olympic-athletes\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As universities prepare to spend millions paying athletes directly, fears mount that Olympic and women\u2019s sports will pay the price. An improbable figure could well stop it Female athletes and Olympic sports athletes, two overlapping groups that have long thrived in US colleges, are facing an uncertain future on campus. These athletes\u2019 college prospects may &#8230; <a title=\"Could the unlikely savior of US college sports be \u2026 Donald Trump?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/30\/could-the-unlikely-savior-of-us-college-sports-be-donald-trump\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Could the unlikely savior of US college sports be \u2026 Donald Trump?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74199\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}