Texan intellectual circle deliberates on Cody Campbell's propositions for replacing NCAA regulations
Derek Cohen, a criminology expert and chief researcher at the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF), has put forth a bold proposal to scrap the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and replace it with a new organisation modeled after the U.S. Olympic Committee. The new organisation, named the United States Collegiate Athletics Corporation (USCAC), was first introduced by Cohen in two articles published on May 2.
Cohen and his colleague, Thomas Lindsay, higher education policy directors at TPPF, co-wrote the articles advocating for the replacement of the NCAA with the USCAC. The proposal, however, has largely gone unnoticed.
The USCAC, according to Cohen, would be subject to the whims of 50 state legislatures, a stark contrast to the NCAA's current centralised structure. TPPF, a conservative, free-market think tank known more for championing limited government and deregulation in the Lone Star State, than national sports policy, has been at the forefront of this proposal.
Kirby Hocutt, Texas Tech athletic director, has expressed support for the establishment of the USCAC. Cody Campbell, a billionaire oilman and Texas Tech mega-booster, who sits on TPPF's board, has also been actively advocating for college sports reform. He has launched a nonprofit named Saving College Sports and has been lobbying lawmakers to adopt his reform plan.
Interestingly, Campbell's Saving College Sports Act proposal closely mirrors Cohen's blueprint for the USCAC. However, Campbell's role in the development of the articles co-written by Cohen and Lindsay remains unclear. In an interview, Cohen stated that Campbell had no role in the development of the articles.
Meanwhile, the NCAA has already ceded parts of its regulatory authority to the new, for-profit College Sports Commission. The future of college sports governance seems to be in a state of flux, with both the USCAC and the Saving College Sports Act gaining momentum.
The House Republicans' decision not to bring the SCORE Act, a bill aiming to reinforce the NCAA's authority and protect it from antitrust lawsuits, to a floor vote this week, has further added to the uncertainty. Campbell is positioning himself against the GOP-backed SCORE Act, indicating a potential clash of ideas in the near future.
As the debate over college sports governance continues, the proposals by Cohen and Campbell are likely to shape the discourse and potentially bring about significant changes in the landscape of college sports.
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