President Donald Trump officially issued his expected college sports executive order on Thursday.

The Trump administration Thursday released a long-anticipated executive order on college sports, an attempt to provide federal guidance to the wild world of big money that has transformed collegiate athletics in recent years.

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."

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that orders his cabinet to create a plan to prevent college sports from becoming pro sports.

The SCORE Act meets the NCAA’s demands and would prohibit student athletes from being recognized as college employees.