Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has instructed seven public and private universities in the state not to sign the College Sports Commission (CSC) participation agreement, citing what he called “wide-ranging implications” for Texas institutions, reported Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.
On November 25, he sent a letter to Texas Tech, the University of Texas, Texas A&M, Baylor University, the University of Houston, Southern Methodist University, and Texas Christian University.
“As the chief legal officer for the State of Texas, whose duties include providing advice, counsel, and legal representation to Texas public universities, I am particularly interested and gravely concerned by the wide-ranging implications entering into such an agreement portends for our state and its institutions,” the letter reads. “Accordingly, I urge all Texas universities, whether public or private, to decline signing the Agreement for the reasons set forth below.”…