Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby's attorneys released documents Friday showing their client gambled on Indiana University football while Sorsby was a quarterback with the team, as part of over 2,900 total bets placed during his collegiate career.
The documents show Sorsby bet 40 times on IU football games and prop bets in 2022 and 2023. Sorsby redshirted in 2022. He previously claimed he never bet on his team while on the active roster, but claims he had no memory of two bets he placed in 2023, while an active player. Sorsby also says that he stopped betting on the team two weeks before a game, once he was informed he would be starting.
Sorsby and his attorneys, with the backing of Texas Tech, are seeking an injunction against his eligibility suspension, claiming that he should be treated like any other player suffering a mental illness — in Sorsby's case, gambling addiction. The documents were issued to support that he suffers from the illness.
My take: He bets on IU games but stops when he's going to play? He claims that he started gambling in high school but it developed into an addiction while he was in college. If so, he's saying he was not an addict when he placed his first bet as a student-athlete. Just one bet's enough to ban him from college athletics forever. Again, I'm glad Sorsby is seeking help, but his actions still carry consequences, just like other addicts.
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Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby's attorneys released documents Friday showing their client gambled on Indiana University football while Sorsby was a quarterback with the team, as part of over 2,900 total bets placed during his collegiate career.
The documents show Sorsby bet 40 times on IU football games and prop bets in 2022 and 2023. Sorsby redshirted in 2022. He previously claimed he never bet on his team while on the active roster, but claims he had no memory of two bets he placed in 2023, while an active player. Sorsby also says that he stopped betting on the team two weeks before a game, once he was informed he would be starting.
Sorsby and his attorneys, with the backing of Texas Tech, are seeking an injunction against his eligibility suspension, claiming that he should be treated like any other player suffering a mental illness — in Sorsby's case, gambling addiction. The documents were issued to support that he suffers from the illness.
My take: He bets on IU games but stops when he's going to play? He claims that he started gambling in high school but it developed into an addiction while he was in college. If so, he's saying he was not an addict when he placed his first bet as a student-athlete. Just one bet's enough to ban him from college athletics forever. Again, I'm glad Sorsby is seeking help, but his actions still carry consequences, just like other addicts.
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