NCAA president 'up for anything' amid rumors of Trump creating commission on college sports

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NCAA President Charlie Baker said Monday he was "up for anything" when asked about reports that President Donald Trump is set to create a commission on college sports.

The presidential commission would tackle issues the college sports landscape faces with former Alabama Crimson Tide football coach Nick Saban and billionaire Cody Campbell leading it, Yahoo Sports reported last week.

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"I think the fact that there's an interest on the executive side on this, I think it speaks to the fact that everybody is paying a lot of attention right now to what's going on in college sports," Baker said, via the Raleigh News & Observer. "There is a lot going on, that’s not all bad, and I’m up for anything that helps us get somewhere."

Commissioners of the top conferences in the NCAA have already asked Congress to step in to help the NCAA regulate name, image and likeness (NIL) and the transfer portal.

Greg Sankey, Jim Phillips, Tony Petitti and Brett Yormark were on Capitol Hill last month. Yormark, the Big 12 commissioner, bluntly admitted to Bret Baier on "Special Report," "We need help from Congress."

"From where I sit today, federal preemption, having a standardized platform that oversees and governs NIL is critically important," Yormark said. "Today, 34 states see it