College football move rocks Texas legislature
In the midst of heated debates over voting rights, abortion access and critical race theory, a new partisan grenade will hit the Texas state legislature next week as it takes up an issue that at once unites and divides state politics: College football.
The home of “Friday Night Lights” and some of the most valuable college sports franchises in America is being riven by a new proposal from the University of Texas at Austin, which this week formally asked permission to join the NCAA’s Southeastern Conference beginning in 2025. |