The Sports Police Found Campus
SB 15 made Texas public college athletes compete based on biological sex, another culture-war rulebook sent straight into campus operations.
Dan Patrick found another frontier for small government: telling public universities how to sort athletes.
Senate Bill 15's official caption says it relates to requiring public institution of higher education students who compete in intercollegiate athletic competitions to compete based on biological sex. Texas Legislature Online lists SB 15 as effective on 9/1/23.
Campus operations, meet Austin's whistle
The bill is not a vague internet argument. It is a state law aimed at public higher education athletics.
Patrick's politics keep moving the same way: pick a campus issue, turn it into a statewide command, and call that freedom loudly enough that nobody notices the clipboard.
Limited government, except for the locker room
Conservatives used to say distant officials should not micromanage local institutions. Then the culture war got profitable, and suddenly the state needed a say in campus athletic eligibility.
If every university decision must first survive Austin's political weather, that is not restraint. That is central planning with a varsity jacket.
Texans deserve boring competence
Texas has real work to do: schools that function, roads that move, small businesses that can plan, and families who are tired of being used as props.
Dan Patrick is up in 2026. Vikki Goodwin is the alternative for Texans ready to trade performative crackdowns for practical leadership.
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Meet the alternative: Vikki Goodwin
Texas has a choice. State Rep. Vikki Goodwin is running for Lieutenant Governor on a platform of fully funding public schools, protecting the grid, and keeping government out of small businesses it doesn't understand. If you're tired of Dan Patrick's priorities, there's somewhere else to put your vote.