LUBBOCK, Texas — Attorney General Ken Paxton and Texas Tech’s Chairman of the Board of Regents Cody Campbell have both released statements regarding the new College Sports Commission (CSC) University Participation Agreement.
The CSC, the new enforcement agency for college sports, sent out a new agreement asking schools under it to waive the right to challenge future punishments in court, giving the agency more power to investigate and punish rule breakers in the new NIL era of college athletics.
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Paxton, who sent letters to universities and State AGs encouraging them to oppose the new CSC agreement, stated it gives practically unlimited authority to the CSC and will undermine participating universities. One of the biggest issues according to Paxton, is that it illegitimately extends the CSC’s power beyond the scope of its relationship with participating colleges.
“No entity should be allowed to arbitrarily give itself the type of legal immunity CSC is pursuing, especially by putting colleges and universities in the crosshairs. I will stand shoulder to shoulder with any school working to change this agreement and call on State Attorneys General across the nation to work with their home universities to oppose what the CSC is trying to do,” said Paxton…