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Cody Campbell

Role(s) as quoted
  • Former Texas Tech offensive lineman; energy executive
  • Texas Tech regents chair; former Texas Tech player; later co-chair of Trump's college sports commission
  • Texas Tech regents chair; former Texas Tech player
Person type
Players
Entries
3 (2025 to Mar 6, 2026)
Topics
Conference realignment (2) Governance & legislation (2) Rivalries & tradition (1) Scheduling & calendar (1) Structure: super league & divisions (1)

In the Ideas index

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Cody Campbell, Texas Tech regents chair; former Texas Tech player · · 12-team/revenue-sharing (2024-26) · permalink
“This has resulted in the loss of traditional rivalries and has ballooned travel expenses and time away from the classroom, especially for the non-revenue sports.”
Argued that conferences competing for media deals led to coast-to-coast leagues, lost rivalries and heavy travel; pooled media rights could reset conferences along geographic lines.
Source: CBS Sports (quoting Campbell's column): Can Nick Saban and a Texas billionaire fix college sports? What we know about their vision
Conference realignment Rivalries & tradition Scheduling & calendar
Cody Campbell, Texas Tech regents chair; former Texas Tech player; later co-chair of Trump's college sports commission · · 12-team/revenue-sharing (2024-26) · permalink
“This isn't about left or right; it's about right and wrong. The NCAA is broken, but handing the keys to a few fat cats is worse.”
Warned that giving the Big Ten and SEC an antitrust pass would create a 'gilded monopoly' super conference that starves everyone else; he favors pooled media rights under the Sports Broadcasting Act and geographically sensible conferences.
Source: CBS Sports (quoting Campbell's column): Can Nick Saban and a Texas billionaire fix college sports? What we know about their vision
Structure: super league & divisions Conference realignment Governance & legislation
Cody Campbell, Former Texas Tech offensive lineman; energy executive · · 12-team/revenue-sharing (2024-26) · permalink
“It's a national treasure. It's a public trust”
Campbell called the SCORE Act a good base and urged a smaller working group to reach a compromise that can get 60 Senate votes. He described college sports as a public trust that belongs to all Americans.
Source: The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara): Remarks During a Roundtable Discussion on Saving College Sports and an Exchange With Reporters (official transcript)
Governance & legislation