Overview

• Texas Tech booster Cody Campbell said Fox and ABC refused to air his new 30‑second spot that accuses conference commissioners of prioritizing money and control.
• An ESPN source said the network requested more supporting documentation and did not receive it in time to run the ad this weekend, noting ESPN has aired Campbell’s ads previously.
• Campbell posted on X that he wired payment for the buys and was told by one network it was a business decision, which he characterized as an effort to silence his advocacy.
• The ad promotes Campbell’s push to amend the Sports Broadcasting Act to allow pooled national college football media rights and calls for replacing the NCAA, backed by his 501(c)(4) Saving College Sports.
• The dispute unfolds as the NCAA‑backed SCORE Act remains stalled in Congress, even as power conferences promote it through their own ads and the networks hold major rights across the Big Ten, SEC, ACC, and Big 12.