Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby is seeking an injunction against the NCAA to restore his eligibility to play the 2026 season, despite admitting he violated the organizing body's gambling rules, including betting on his own team in 2022, when he was on Indiana's roster.
Sorsby makes three claims: • The NCAA is discriminating against him because he has a mental health condition — gambling addiction. • The NCAA is hypocritical for punishing players for gambling while profiting from sponsorship and promotional agreements with gambling sites. • The NCAA is dragging the reinstatement process out, putting Sorsby at irreparable harm, claiming he needs a court ruling by June 15, the deadline to declare for the 2026 NFL Supplemental Draft.
In the filing, Sorsby admits to making bets, reported to be in the thousands, but insists he never bet on the outcome of a game in which he participated, never accepted bribes to fix games or alter his performance to satisfy prop bets, and never shared information to benefit bettors.
The NCAA has said it has not received a formal reinstatement request from Sorsby, so it cannot act one way or another. Texas Tech says it supports Sorsby. The University of Cincinnati transfer is currently off the team, ineligible because of his admitted offenses, but the school actively supports his reinstatement.
My take: If the NCAA loses this one, close up shop. Seriously. I can't see a valid reason Sorsby would prevail. Gambling addition is a terrible affliction, but the indication that it comes without consequences is absurd. He is absolutely right about the NCAA's hypocrisy on gambling, but that doesn't mitigate what he did. There's rules. He broke them.
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Sorsby seeks injunction
Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby is seeking an injunction against the NCAA to restore his eligibility to play the 2026 season, despite admitting he violated the organizing body's gambling rules, including betting on his own team in 2022, when he was on Indiana's roster.
Sorsby makes three claims:
• The NCAA is discriminating against him because he has a mental health condition — gambling addiction.
• The NCAA is hypocritical for punishing players for gambling while profiting from sponsorship and promotional agreements with gambling sites.
• The NCAA is dragging the reinstatement process out, putting Sorsby at irreparable harm, claiming he needs a court ruling by June 15, the deadline to declare for the 2026 NFL Supplemental Draft.
In the filing, Sorsby admits to making bets, reported to be in the thousands, but insists he never bet on the outcome of a game in which he participated, never accepted bribes to fix games or alter his performance to satisfy prop bets, and never shared information to benefit bettors.
The NCAA has said it has not received a formal reinstatement request from Sorsby, so it cannot act one way or another. Texas Tech says it supports Sorsby. The University of Cincinnati transfer is currently off the team, ineligible because of his admitted offenses, but the school actively supports his reinstatement.
My take: If the NCAA loses this one, close up shop. Seriously. I can't see a valid reason Sorsby would prevail. Gambling addition is a terrible affliction, but the indication that it comes without consequences is absurd. He is absolutely right about the NCAA's hypocrisy on gambling, but that doesn't mitigate what he did. There's rules. He broke them.
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