Texas Tech Chair Donated $275K to Ken Paxton Day Before AG Intervened in Brendan Sorsby Saga
Campaign finance records show Cody Campbell gave $274,300 to a Paxton committee one day before the attorney general warned the Big 12 of $200 million in liability.
- On June 10, Texas Tech Board of Regents Chair Cody Campbell donated $274,300 to Attorney General Ken Paxton's U.S. Senate campaign. One day later, Paxton threatened to sue the Big 12 if they sanctioned Texas Tech over quarterback Brendan Sorsby.
- The NCAA declared Sorsby ineligible after finding he placed at least $90,000 in sports bets while playing for Indiana and Texas Tech. Texas Tech officials vocally defended the quarterback, casting his situation as the 'outcome of a broken system.'
- Paxton's office warned the conference on June 11 that sanctioning the university would be 'unlawful,' potentially exposing the Big 12 to damages of 'substantially more than $200 million.' The letter followed a state district judge's temporary injunction allowing the quarterback to play.
- The Big 12 subsequently sued Paxton and Texas Tech, arguing the state's interference infringed on the conference's First Amendment right to enforce its bylaws. Chancellor Brandon Creighton, President Lawrence Schovanec, and athletic director Kirby Hocutt were named as defendants.
- Sorsby eventually withdrew from the university, nullifying the injunction as he prepared to enter the NFL supplemental draft. Campbell announced June 15 the decision stemmed from the draft deadline, not legal concerns, maintaining the university acted with 'complete integrity.
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Texas Tech Board Chair Donated to Paxton Before Sorsby Intervention
The Texas Tech University board chairman donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s campaign for U.S. Senate the day before Paxton called on the NCAA to allow the Texas Tech quarterback who admitted to improper sports betting to play without repercussions, The Texas Tribune reported.
Texas Tech booster donated to Ken Paxton’s Senate campaign before AG’s $200M Brendan Sorsby warning to Big 12
A day before Ken Paxton warned the Big 12 that sanctioning Texas Tech for having Brendan Sorsby on their football team could expose the conference to at least $200 million in damages and fees, Cody Campbell donated to Paxton's Senate campaign.
MAGA AG meddles in explosive college football scandal one day after a big donation
Last month, Attorney General Ken Paxton waded into the explosive college football saga involving Brendan Sorsby, the Texas Tech University quarterback who had admitted to placing thousands of improper sports bets, including on his own team’s games, resulting in the NCAA declaring him ineligible to play.In a June 11 letter, Paxton’s office warned the Big 12 Conference on behalf of Texas Tech that any move to sanction the university for fielding S…
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