The Protect College Sports Act is Cody Campbell's playbook. The wealthy co-founder of Texas Tech's NIL collective has become the muscle behind a bill that would give the NCAA an antitrust exemption. It's tough to reconcile with his writings from just a year ago.
When and why did the "free-markets advocate" who said an antitrust exemption is a "Trojan horse" go from believing that the "NCAA is broken" and that "America thrives on competition, not cozy cartels blessed by D.C." to one of the biggest backers of a bill that blesses such a cozy cartel?
Is this really about "saving college sports" or something else? If the mission remains the same, then why did Campbell tell us not to fall for the Trojan horse, only to, one year later, put his full support behind it?
This won't get the same attention as an advertisement featuring Nick Saban or Deion Sanders, but it should.
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