Jun 10, 2026, 11:15 AM CT On March 6, 2026, the White House hosted a roundtable titled “Saving College Sports.” The guest list featured NCAA President Charlie Baker, Power conference commissioners, and former coaches Nick Saban and Urban Meyer. Absent were the two groups with the most at stake: the athletes themselves, and anyone trained to advocate for their well-being. Not one licensed social worker had a seat at the table. That absence is not an oversight, it is a pattern.