[Dellenger] QB Brendan Sorsby has been granted his injunction against the NCAA.

[u/Fonzie5]

https://x.com/rossdellenger/status/2063987883367707059?s=46&t=FavtrbPsHpJY8Odvh2TYUA

[u/Prinzlerr]

Wait what? 

[u/Young-Viiperr → u/Prinzlerr]

Sorsby has no right playing, CFB is cooked

[u/JerseyDvl → u/Young-Viiperr]

CFB was already cooked. Now it's over-cooked. Burned to a crisp.

[u/Rushderp → u/JerseyDvl]

We’ve gone full Anakin.

[u/muttonchops215 → u/Rushderp]

Living off hate alone. More Sion vibes.

[u/RJacobson11 → u/muttonchops215]

Niche KOTOR II references are why I lurk on Reddit

[u/s2r3 → u/JerseyDvl]

Yeah letting players gamble now? Its a farce. College basketball using players drafted by the NBA years ago, hometown judges giving sweetheart rulings, it's about as fair as the wwe now.

[u/colonelrebsmuff69 → u/s2r3]

Gamble on their own teams also. Dude wasn't hitting like basketball parlays

Sadly shows how fucked the justice system is. Same as the house settlement you can go shop for a judge

[u/cluckinho → u/Young-Viiperr]

Yeah. As a tech fan, I still don’t like it and think it’s terrible.

[u/Tarmacked → u/cluckinho]

Felt the same way with Bediako so I get it, just incredibly shitty actions that undermine the sport.

[u/Noahakinschode → u/Tarmacked]

Just looked up the Bediako thing, we literally have professionals trying to come back to college to make money lol wtf

[u/Total-Region2859 → u/cluckinho]

Unfortunately, your school's leadership doesn't agree with you.... I commend your viewpoint... but, unfortunately Tech is going to secure the reputation as the school that will literally do anything to win. I think most alum think like you do.... it's a shame, really.

[u/cluckinho → u/Total-Region2859]

Yeah. Skimming through this thread and my fellow tech fans seem to agree with us. But yeah, Tech is now THE villain.

[u/rastapastanine → u/Young-Viiperr]

CFB is cooked and Texas tech is the villain.

[u/PurpleSandwich3252 → u/rastapastanine]

The greedy advertisers, networks, conferences, schools, and sportsbooks have already ruined it and national sports media has cheered it along every step of the way. They’re so close to sucking college athletics completely dry and killing it. It’s what profit-seekers do best!

It was over the minute Nebraska, Colorado, A&M, and Mizzou got bought by other conferences. Maybe even the minute the SWC fell apart.

[u/scarlet_stormTrooper → u/Young-Viiperr]

NCAA might just vacate any games he plays in. I would take a long hard look and decision if I was you guys before letting him in the field. Glad most of you are on the right side of this at least. 

[u/hawkins126 → u/Prinzlerr]

The judge was in Lubbock county that’s why

[u/rastapastanine → u/hawkins126]

The Lubbock County district court judge recused himself.

[u/Martel1234 → u/rastapastanine]

So corrupt that even the local guy is like “I’m not touching this”

[u/RehDoggFan → u/hawkins126]

The judge from Lubbock recused himself. They brought in a U of H grad judge from the dfw area.

Not saying he should play, but the ncaa made a shitty argument in their statements and didn’t provide any expert witnesses to counter any of what sorsbys lawyers did

[u/justbrowsing2727 → u/RehDoggFan]

Why would they need expert witnesses? The dude admits to gambling many, many times, including on his own team.

[u/Rbespinosa13 → u/RehDoggFan]

Legit feels like the NCAA knows it’s cooked and isn’t even bothering to argue these things out. Didn’t they also do the bare minimum in the chambliss case?

[u/Kinks4Kelly → u/RehDoggFan]

They didn't need to make any argument other than our rules clearly state betting on your own team makes you permanently ineligible. Sorsby admitted he broke this rule.

[u/Ciberthug666 → u/Kinks4Kelly]

And it is now obvious that the NCAA is not allowed to have any kind of rules. College sports are done.

[u/Willing-Vegetable629 → u/hawkins126]

He doesn't live in Lubbock

[u/BoldElDavo → u/Prinzlerr]

This is a temporary injunction.

Hypothetically, suppose he's not allowed to participate in offseason activities, and then he wins this lawsuit in August. Suddenly he would have to try to make up an entire offseason's worth of preparation. That missed time is damage that a lawsuit victory can't undo.

The same would apply for any games he missed, if this lawsuit carries on through the season. Winning a lawsuit wouldn't allow them to redo the games he missed. If Texas Tech plays him under this injunction while the lawsuit is still pending, of course they would be risking getting games vacated if he loses the suit.

So this is not a final ruling on the lawsuit. It's just protecting him in case he actually does win. But I think this does mean a judge at least sees some merit in his case (I'd leave that speculation for the attorneys).

[u/MortimerDongle]

Lmao the NCAA can enforce literally nothing

[u/2PacTookMyLunchMoney → u/MortimerDongle]

It feels weird to root FOR the NCAA against a student-athlete, but that's just how egregious Sorsby's gambling activities were.

[u/MortimerDongle → u/2PacTookMyLunchMoney]

Absolutely. I'm not at all a fan of the NCAA but this seems absurd. If they can't enforce this, what can they enforce? Can they even require that athletes are enrolled as students?

[u/TKHawk → u/MortimerDongle]

The way things are progressing it seems like college athletics are going to be spun off entirely as semi-professional leagues owned/managed by universities wherein no scholarships are granted anymore and the athletes are no longer students. Every court case drives athletics further and further from "student athletes."

[u/RandomFactUser → u/TKHawk]

Thats the issue, a semi-pro league would ban players too

[u/klawehtgod → u/RandomFactUser]

Yup. Any actual league would ban Sorsby permanently because he bet on his own team.

[u/s2r3 → u/MortimerDongle]

They've effectively legalized gambling by players as far as I'm concerned. The product is a joke and people who bet on something the players are also betting on are crazy!

[u/Defiant_Tomatillo907 → u/s2r3]

Somewhere Pete Rose should be really really pissed.

[u/PDXtoMontana2002 → u/MortimerDongle]

They couldn’t do anything when North Carolina basketball had fake classes for basketball players because it wasn’t an athletic issue.

[u/NiTrOxEpiKz → u/MortimerDongle]

I get the courts are preventing the ncaa from enforcing the rules but is there anything that the courts can do to prevent the conferences from enforcing the rules. Like what if the big 12 just came out and said Sorsby is ineligible and any conference game with him playing will be forfeit? Like I get the NCAA is usually the bad guy but surely most in the sport understand this is a bad thing to let happen.

[u/Phantom1100 → u/NiTrOxEpiKz]

Then Sorsby sues the B12 and gets the existing injunction applied to them (and Texas Tech’s admin as well) Mcguire would be the only one legally allowed to bench him.

[u/CertifiedSheep → u/Phantom1100]

Could he sue his coach for loss of earnings at that point? Since we have no rules anymore

[u/Fonzie5 → u/MortimerDongle]

Now that college football players are allowed to bet on their own teams.. it kinda blows the door open on the chance for them to rig the results

[u/Steel1000 → u/Fonzie5]

Thank god. Maybe this will help get gambling back into the shadows.

[u/maybenextyearCLE]

If a judge is granting an injunction for a player who literally bet on his own team, then I assume the NCAA pretty much has no ability to deem anyone ineligible

[u/PerfectdarkGoldenEye → u/maybenextyearCLE]

This. We might as well move on from the traditional college football format and just create an NFL minor league of sorts.

[u/mjacksongt → u/PerfectdarkGoldenEye]

Even the NFL has zero tolerance for this kind of thing. And they love money even more than CFB.

They're just way better at protecting the long term health of the sport. And they have a CBA with this rule in it. 

[u/MidlandsBraves → u/mjacksongt]

It’s like rule 1 of all of sports. “Don’t ever bet on/against your own team”

[u/maybenextyearCLE → u/PerfectdarkGoldenEye]

At this point any shot the NCAA has of surviving in this form is going to require congress to put an end to this nonsense now

[u/PerfectdarkGoldenEye → u/maybenextyearCLE]

Even though Miami has greatly benefited from it, I said from the beginning that NIL and expanded playoffs would ruin the sport. This is just the cherry on top. Soon we are going to have guys that were in an NFL training camp being given the ability to play for a college team. 

[u/MortimerDongle → u/PerfectdarkGoldenEye]

NIL alone would maybe be manageable, but the whole "the NCAA has literally no authority to regulate players at all" legal environment is not workable

[u/JesusOfSurbaria → u/MortimerDongle]

It’s not manageable when its main purpose was to pay players for “name, image, and likeness”, and NIL does neither of these. It’s glorified free agency.

[u/MortimerDongle → u/JesusOfSurbaria]

Yes, they aren't real endorsements. But even so, simply paying players could be workable if there was any management of it at all, but currently no one has any authority. It's basically a professional sport without real contracts that apparently doesn't even have the authority to ban players who bet against their own team

[u/MortimerDongle → u/PerfectdarkGoldenEye]

At this rate it's probably going to end up as a bunch of pro teams that license university names.

[u/S_C_H_L_O_R_P → u/MortimerDongle]

Fanduel and Blackrock proudly present “The Buckeyes” sponsored by The Ohio State University.

[u/BeTheBall- → u/MortimerDongle]

PE is working on accomplishing something similar to that.

[u/ANTHONYinCALI → u/PerfectdarkGoldenEye]

If he did this in the NFL he'd be banned for life.  College Football and Basketball are the only sports where this kind of thing would happen. 

[u/Aidanj927 → u/ANTHONYinCALI]

I mean didn’t Calvin Ridley bet on the Falcons while he was there? Yeah he missed a year but not banned for life

[u/DapperCam → u/Aidanj927]

He did in fact. He included Falcons to win on parlay bets.

[u/maybenextyearCLE → u/DapperCam]

He was out injured when he did this correct?

[u/FreeoftheMachine → u/maybenextyearCLE]

He was. That was what saved him. He was away from the team and was hurt. Its why he only got a year.

[u/mushmichael → u/PerfectdarkGoldenEye]

The NFL would 100% be able to penalize a player for betting on their own team. That comp isn't even accurate anymore at this point.

[u/elcapitan58 → u/maybenextyearCLE]

because the player's lawyers will just shop for favorable jurisdictions. Every single time.

[u/maybenextyearCLE → u/elcapitan58]

Yup this is absolutely asinine. You bet on your own team. That is the death penalty in every professional sports league in this county. Should it end his NFL dreams? Probably not, but FFS he shouldn’t be playing CFB

[u/Samwise777 → u/maybenextyearCLE]

It should end his nfl dream too. 

But nothing matters to anyone anymore

[u/Tarmacked → u/Samwise777]

It did end his NFL dream, that's probably why he's fighting so hard.

No NFL team anywhere is ever going to pick up a gambling addict that bet on his own team. You don't fuck with your antitrust exemption by introducing that level of risk, same reason Pete Rose got banished to the shadow realm.

[u/forgotmyoldname90210 → u/Tarmacked]

But, did you consider he is mid on top of this and is only getting draft hype because "traits"?

[u/cpashei → u/elcapitan58]

The fact something like that is even possible is a very damning indictment on the state of our judicial system

[u/Willing-Vegetable629 → u/elcapitan58]

The Lubbock based judge recused himself.. this is different, retired judge from dallas iirc

[u/birdofmayhem → u/maybenextyearCLE]

If gambling is okay I guess bounties are too, huh?

[u/maybenextyearCLE → u/birdofmayhem]

I’m sure we will see that tested next

[u/reportlandia23 → u/maybenextyearCLE]

Yeah, the recent reasons teams have vacated wins are all way less egregious (especially in the NIL context) than literally betting on your team:

Failed course for player cheating on exam: Notre Dame

Payments to player from agent: USC

Free tattoos: Ohio State

Boosters: Missouri, Ole Miss, Tennessee (frankly it’s a long list)

[u/arrowfan624]

This is actually great for the NCAA.

Now they can go to DC and point out that they need an antitrust exemption.

[u/jcc309 → u/arrowfan624]

Yeah I actually wonder if this makes it more likely that the current Senate bill passes. Because I think even the most ardent of opponents can’t look at this and think “yeah it’s a good thing that the NCAA can’t even legally enforce no sports betting”.

[u/e3super → u/jcc309]

I mean, what is the point of even having a league if none of your rules are enforceable? Not being allowed to bet, particularly on your own fucking team's games, is like the most base-level competitive fairness rule that can exist. At this point, we should recruit a polar bear to play defensive end and see if we can get an injunction for it to be eligible.

[u/soupjaw → u/e3super]

Polar bear ain't played nobody though

[u/cbusalex → u/soupjaw]

Pawwwler bear

[u/wowthisislong → u/e3super]

Yep there are no rules. We should just bring back myles garrett and mike evans because apparently nothing can be enforced anyway.

[u/cbusalex → u/wowthisislong]

"I touched the Opposite Pole before the ball broke the plane, so now the touchdown counts for us and you have to sing the Very Sorry Song."

[u/DothrakiSlayer → u/e3super]

Ain’t no rule says a polar bear can’t play football.

[u/Katwill666 → u/arrowfan624]

They might actually get one at this point.

[u/SWMOG → u/arrowfan624]

Christ I can't believe this actually makes me want the NCAA to get an antitrust exemption.

Absolutely ridiculous that someone who has bet on the spot (on their own team!) can be eligible to play

[u/gallivanter11]

WTF are we doing?

[u/TJ_Will → u/gallivanter11]

Watching the endgame.

[u/smitherenesar → u/TJ_Will]

When will CFB end? Place your bet now on polymarkets and kashi!

[u/tryingtoavoidwork → u/smitherenesar]

Use code SORSBY10

[u/homefree122 → u/gallivanter11]

Continuing to watch ethics and morality in general just go down the toilet. Whether it is sports, politics, or wherever else

[u/Budget_Ad5888 → u/homefree122]

Late stage morality

[u/mcg20k → u/gallivanter11]

The country has basically said laws aren't real and its slowly seeping through all aspects of life.

[u/rtie07]

Speak to me like I’m 5. Is this just a hurdle to get to another thing? Or are they letting him play and that’s that?

[u/TripleThreatTua → u/rtie07]

It’s a temporary injunction, so it’s just an initial ruling until the case can be further argued. And it will absolutely be appealed as well

[u/ManiacalComet40 → u/TripleThreatTua]

The issue is that these cases generally never actually get ruled on, though. Judges issue a preliminary injunction/TRO, the player plays, then the case gets dismissed as moot at the end of the year.

Cowardice from the courts who know they won’t actually have to make a decision.

[u/TimeForFrance → u/ManiacalComet40]

I know this was basketball, but Charles Bediako was ruled ineligible mid-season after playing a few games due to a temporary injunction. There is some recent precedent to cleaning these up quickly with the right decision.

[u/Inconceivable76 → u/ManiacalComet40]

The ncaa absolutely has to fight this one to the bitter end.  

I think there’s already smoke that sorseby threw a game at UC.  They cannot let this one go and accept it. 

[u/matgopack → u/rtie07]

Injunctions are temporary and often take into account 'irreparable harm' - ie, things that can't be fixed after the fact. In this case consider if he is kept on suspension, the season plays out, and then he wins the case. Well, it's too late to play - he's lost all the money and opportunities the case is supposed to let him have access to. Might also prevent him (For a short term one) from accessing the facilities, training, etc - which is something that you can't 'repair' after the fact

While by contrast if he's granted an injunction, then losing the case. Maybe he plays one or more games, but that's a minor 'harm' to the NCAA.

Often courts will drop an initial injunction, work through a few things, and then remove it.

[u/Ciberthug666 → u/matgopack]

And then a team misses the playoffs because their one loss was to tech with sorsby at QB. There is another lawsuit because the rules were trampled over for one player.

[u/Upset_Version8275 → u/rtie07]

Legally it just means you cant stop him from playing until the courts work it out. Practically though the season will be over before anything else happens.

[u/Khyron_2500 → u/Upset_Version8275]

Additionally of note:

>If appealed, the case would go before the Texas Seventh Court of Appeals. Notably, all four justices in the Texas Seventh Court of Appeals are Texas Tech Law graduates.

[u/BlueSoloCup89 → u/Khyron_2500]

I’ll have to go back and find my comment from a week or two ago to make sure. But for what it’s worth, none of them are Tech undergrads: two Angelo St. (which granted is in the Texas Tech system), one Baylor, and on Arkansas.

[u/Quick232 → u/rtie07]

An injunction is a stay on punishment. A temporary injunction means that as long as this case is in court that Sorsby’s punishment is on hold. Basically he’ll get to play the entirety of the 2026 season because there is no way this entire case goes through court in time.

[u/spooky-pig → u/rtie07]

Pretty sure this is a temporary measure from the court that allows (for now) his participation. The case is ongoing and they haven’t issued a final ruling yet.

[u/ManiacalComet40 → u/spooky-pig]

Unless they plan to issue a final ruling by September, this is the final ruling.

[u/Traditional_Set2231 → u/rtie07]

He’s going to play this year.

[u/1peatfor7 → u/Traditional_Set2231]

Want to bet? /s

[u/Ok_Debt_4338]

Brendan Sorsby is probably going to get an NIL deal with draft kings too unfortunately

[u/noreast2011 → u/Ok_Debt_4338]

DraftKings, Fanduel, BetMGM, Bet 365, all of them.

[u/General-Pryde-2019]

welp, get ready for point shaving brought to you by draft kings

[u/smitherenesar → u/General-Pryde-2019]

How many players are betting on their own team today? Place an over/under bet today on Draft Kings!

[u/LilyWhiteClaw]

What's the point anymore?

[u/CountTakesh1 → u/LilyWhiteClaw]

There isnt one. No one can be punished for anything anymore.

CFB is dead.

[u/CountTakesh1]

Just fold the sport at this point.

Corrupt horseshit.

[u/loyalsons4evertrue → u/CountTakesh1]

And the Iowa and Iowa State athletes that got caught up in the DCI thing got punished way more than what this fool has done.

[u/CountTakesh1 → u/loyalsons4evertrue]

And that whole thing was an orchestrated witch hunt that was probably done illegally.

Its disgusting.

[u/buttscarltoniv → u/CountTakesh1]

And that whole thing was an orchestrated witch hunt that was probably done illegally.

yeah, hard to pick a "worst part" of that shit, but man, this has to be close. warrantless searches/tracking of app activity which led to the felonies being dropped but the athletes couldn't get recourse because of the ever present bullshit that is "qualified immunity."

all they ended up securing in exchange for shitting on the 4th amendment was a few $600-700 misdemeanor fines for underage gambling. not child trafficking, a serial killer, kidnapping ring, etc. they trampled the constitution to get a few 19 year olds betting on games they had no influence over.

and don't get me wrong, betting on your own team deserves a ban, just like sorsby deserves it. but the investigation was bullshit.

[u/monkeymatt1836 → u/loyalsons4evertrue]

Noah Shannon lost a legit shot at an NFL career because he bet on the Iowa women's basketball team

[u/loyalsons4evertrue]

WHAT THE HELL?!

[u/Necessary-Alps-6002 → u/loyalsons4evertrue]

Really makes you want all the ISU and Iowa players to turn around and sue the NCAA for the illegal gambling probe.

[u/loyalsons4evertrue → u/Necessary-Alps-6002]

Seriously though.....if I'm one of those athletes, I am immediately suing the NCAA. Hunter Dekkers did FAR less than what Sorsby has done.

[u/Budget_Ad5888 → u/loyalsons4evertrue]

Not saying it wouldnt work but this isn't the NCAAs fault they wanted Sorsby gone so their punishment is consistent, just the courts said otherwise

[u/witsel85]

Okay that is truly fucked up

[u/Max_Powers1331]

fuck this sport man, truly is dead

[u/BassBored]

This is so stupid. Any other player would’ve been permanently banned for betting on CFB. Let alone betting on your own TEAM while youre playing QB

[u/DontTakeOurCampbell → u/BassBored]

Iowa State nearly got the nuked from orbit for a bunch of guys doing far less than what Sorsby did. Nobody who bets on his own games should be playing at all, period.

[u/Maleficent_Ant_8895 → u/DontTakeOurCampbell]

Iowa had players careers literally ended for gambling on OTHER SPORTS. This fucking asshole bet on his own team and it’s fine

[u/llamawhittlings → u/DontTakeOurCampbell]

All of CFB has a rightful gripe about this, but y’all especially.

Give Missouri the death penalty.

[u/UncleGoldie → u/llamawhittlings]

Aw man

[u/TheCreamiestYeet → u/BassBored]

Not just his team, but betting the UNDER on his team 🤣

[u/Sauniche]

Congrats Tech you speed ran fucking college football into oblivion

[u/Complete-Disaster513 → u/Sauniche]

For real. This is a serious mortal blow to NCAA legitimacy. If they can’t suspend a player who bets on their own games they are not a functional governing body. I am no fan of the NCAA and love seeing them get their ass handed to them in court but this is seriously bad.

[u/Tarmacked → u/Sauniche]

Imagine this gets appealed very quickly

Also good lord Tech is desperate to start a mid QB

[u/jpiro → u/Tarmacked]

The NCAA had better hope to hell it does, they win and he's banned.

I can't imagine an easier case for the creation of a superleague than "The NCAA can't even regulate whether a QB who's cheating can play or not. We can't trust them with the sport, so we're going our own way."

[u/Triv02 → u/jpiro]

The NCAA can’t regulate it because as it stands it’s quite literally being deemed illegal for them to regulate it

Nothing short of a CBA and/or an antitrust exemption granted by congress is going to change anything

[u/willwarb → u/Triv02]

Congress is at the point where I could see an antitrust exemption granted tbf

[u/mjacksongt → u/jpiro]

I'm not sure the superleague would be able to regulate it either with the way local judges are ruling in favor of their local teams. 

[u/Bollo9799 → u/mjacksongt]

Super league would presumably come with a CBA, CBAs have proven very effective at combating these types of things

[u/see_bees → u/Tarmacked]

As a Saints and LSU fan, this feels like a DeShaun Watson situation all over again. We were absolutely in the race for Sorsby and we’re better off because we didn’t win it

[u/Set-Admirable → u/Sauniche]

Maybe I'm just naive to hope this, but is there any chance he still loses this case and they get destroyed for letting him play?

[u/maybenextyearCLE → u/Set-Admirable]

It’s possible, it’ll take quite a while though. I’d assume by the time the NCAA gets a resolution in their favor the 2026 season would be completed

[u/Ialwayssleep]

Tech needs to cut him.

[u/The_Stratman → u/Ialwayssleep]

And if they don’t schools need to threaten to forfeit games against Tech

[u/WeeboSupremo → u/The_Stratman]

“Does Kalshi have the odds that the opponent won’t even travel to the game?” -Sorsby

[u/Unicorn-Violator → u/The_Stratman]

Also agree

[u/Insectshelf3 → u/Ialwayssleep]

tech is clearly on sorsby’s side they’re not gonna do that

[u/Redditor_exe → u/Ialwayssleep]

They did all this BS in the first place trying to get him back, zero chance they cut him or even bench him unfortunately

[u/Balloutonu]

We can’t put him on the field. How can anyone trust him to play his best ? Every missed pass, interception, or fumble, will have a huge question mark

[u/StreetReporter → u/Balloutonu]

That’s what I’m wondering, a single game where he’s struggling and everyone will be wondering in the back of their minds if he bet on the other team, the under, or is point shaving

[u/Inconceivable76 → u/StreetReporter]

I won’t be wondering it in the back of my mind. I already think he threw at least one game at UC.  

[u/Budget_Ad5888 → u/Balloutonu]

Seriously, like realistically what if he just has an okay year or loses a game.

[u/tombrady011235]

Betting on your own games is a cardinal sin in sports

[u/Alpha7R4]

From ESPN....

The ruling also said that Sorsby "demonstrated that he will suffer a probable, imminent, and irreparable injury if this Court does not issue this temporary injunction because he will be unable to participate as a member of Texas Tech University's 2026 Football season."

WTH?!?! The only thing 'mental' here is that statement.

[u/Mysterious-Length240 → u/Alpha7R4]

I can’t believe i had to scroll this far to see that. My jaw dropped at that statement. This country is morally bankrupt 

[u/DataDrivenPirate]

Congratulations Texas Tech for doing what we all thought previously was impossible: becoming a bigger villain than Lane Kiffin's LSU

[u/Competitive-Rise-789 → u/DataDrivenPirate]

Imagine saying that Lane Kiffin to LSU wouldn’t be nearly the most controversial news this past season/this offseason. Before the season

[u/MidlandsBraves → u/Competitive-Rise-789]

I still think it’s sherrone moore showing up to his mistress’s house threatening to kill himself with a butter knife.

[u/414wtk]

GUNS UP THERE ARE NO RULES!!!! This is so beyond stupid.

And to think SMU cut their program once upon a time, turns out the NCAA was fake this whole time

[u/Dry-Maintenance3763]

Oof. Embarrassing for us

[u/R_Raider86 → u/Dry-Maintenance3763]

Not a good look

[u/Dry-Maintenance3763 → u/R_Raider86]

Horrendous. I’m so incredibly embarrassed as a red raider today.

[u/Jub1982 → u/Dry-Maintenance3763]

I’ve been on Tech’s side for most of their fights because I think it’s mostly the establishment upset that Tech can spend similar money to them. If Sorsby plays this year, Tech can go to hell.

[u/Black_Otter]

Per Wikipedia “On May 29, 2026, Sorsby's lawyers submitted a document to courts in his case admitting he placed bets on his own team 40 times and used family member or friends gambling accounts to evade detection. In all he gambled $90,000 over 4 years.” This Judge says thats all good…no worries

[u/Maleficent_Ant_8895]

The american legal system is literally just have enough money so you can shop around until you get the ruling you want 

[u/Fonzie5]

If players are allowed to bet on their teams, it brings legitimate credibility to the thought of players rigging games. Fact.

This has to be overturned, and quickly, or we can’t truly believe every result in the sport anymore. It torpedoes the whole product.

[u/keevballs]

Fuck this

[u/hippieman58]

Insanity

[u/trizzyfashizzy]

Omggg. The integrity of this sport is gone just like that. Pretty bummed even as a Red Raider.

[u/NOTtheGoldenKnights]

Man, this ruling just feels like a gut punch to what we had left of this sport. Just unreal where we've gone in such a short time. I wish it was unbelievable, but this is where we are right now. Fucking pathetic.

[u/jmoney-56]

End the sport. Seriously, just end it. If you can bet on your own team and bascailly get away with it the integrity of the sport is absolutely worthless

[u/PaulieHehehe]

This was the most slam dunk case imaginable, and yet here we are. Absolutely indefensible.

[u/jamnewton22]

Ok I guess Texas tech is gonna be the ultimate villain this year. Fuck Texas tech all my homies hate Texas tech

[u/underdog_exploits → u/jamnewton22]

I’ll grab my pitchfork and jump on that band wagon.

[u/Unicorn-Violator → u/jamnewton22]

We should cut him ASAP

[u/ItsAGoodDay]

Huh, we’re fucked as a sport, aren’t we?

[u/jonstark19]

I know we dunk on the NCAA but wtf are they supposed to do here.

[u/Budget_Ad5888 → u/jonstark19]

Really not much. For once they were consistent in their punishment.

[u/StreetReporter]

I hope he intentionally throws games

[u/superpie12 → u/StreetReporter]

He probably already has.

[u/Fraegtgaortd]

This is insane. Any other player who bets on their team in any sport has gotten nuked

[u/hopeless_dick_dancer]

If Sorsby does play (obviously TBD) I see teams straight up protesting playing them at all. What an ugly look for college football

Tech should have cut ties with him the second this got out.

[u/MIAdolphins96 → u/hopeless_dick_dancer]

The $5m NIL payday they gave him was too much to cut him loose. But if teams actually came together to protest this, the 7 home games of revenue would make $5m look like nothing.

[u/Kinks4Kelly]

June 8, 2026: The day the final nail was drilled into college sports coffin.

Every team on Texas Tech's schedule should refuse to play them.

[u/BlueSoloCup89 → u/Kinks4Kelly]

I’d feel bad for Abilene Christian and Sam Houston losing the buy-game money. They should play, but use the money to bet Tech on the spread, throw the games and double their money.

[u/Buckeye_mike_67]

What’s next? Granting players lifetime eligibility?

[u/Life_Act_6887]

So… What’s to stop every other player in CFB from point shaving and setting up their own draft kings account?

[u/The_Stratman]

The NCAA needs an antitrust exemption TODAY! This shit is beyond stupid and is a perfect example of what neutering the association by the courts has done.

[u/Prestigious_Jury_550]

Can we get some fucking legislation to end these kangaroo courts. Btw Hunter Dekkers was fucking buried for far less.

[u/mister_root]

The NCAA is totally cooked as a governing body. They should’ve come with a better argument than their lawyers saying that the only thing Sorsby is addicted to is gambling.

Also - this case was heard by a UH law grad. The Tech grad judge recused himself.

[u/ViperVenom1224]

What a joke.

[u/SkunkyTrousers]

Shocking how little control the NCAA has over it's own institution

[u/heleghir]

If gambling ON YOUR OWN TEAM isnt ineligible. then sports are done. If you cant even enforce that then there is no way to enforce point shaving. there is no way to enforce a guy on his 10th year, there is no anything.

NCAA has GOT to appeal this and take it higher. Sorsby shouldnt even have a case unless the courts want to just say that you cant have any rules on anything ever and then well, thats a death sentence to all collegiate athletics. goodbye all the athletes that would never make it to college without! goodbye to all the olympic non-revenue sports! etc etc.

Im pissed.

[u/FuckChadMorris]

This sport is such a joke now. What a fucking disgrace

[u/hardgour]

So you can endlessly appeal to get a player, who should be ineligible for betting on HIS OWN TEAM, eligible to play — this is about to break college football. There were already loose rules, now there are no rules. Double Eagle has killed CFB in record time.

[u/Embarrassed-Eye-7717]

"probable, imminent and irreparable injury" huh? So instead let's inflict probable, imminent and irreparable injury on the entire sport and the integrity of the game. Not sure college sports could become any bigger of a joke at this point.

[u/WooBadger18]

That’s completely stupid. And even if the NCAA eventually wins this case, it probably won’t matter. That just means the rule will be “you can bet on your team as long as you don’t get caught until you’re a junior or a senior.”

[u/g8trjasonb]

Can we all universally agree on one thing and say we fucking hate Texas Tech?

[u/DifficultWave4488]

I feel like we mostly think of the courts and judges as extremely intelligent people that are well spoken(I know there are bad ones but moreso that court documents are well written in legal speak),

But reading the 3 reasons why they “have” to issue this injunction, with reason #1 being that Sorsby will miss out on the elite training and football practice at Texas Tech is CRAZY.

That legit reads like a fan wrote it, not a legal system in any way.

[u/matgopack → u/DifficultWave4488]

But reading the 3 reasons why they “have” to issue this injunction, with reason #1 being that Sorsby will miss out on the elite training and football practice at Texas Tech is CRAZY.

Injunctions - as I understand it - are usually based off of irreparable harm. If he isn't granted the injunction, then wins down the line, having access to the facilities and training can't be retroactively restored (unlike something like money).

Depends on how temporary it is and the timing for how outrageous this is.

[u/Drake0Malfoy]

I know this probably isn't over, but this is a fucking disaster. There's been a lot of things to be concerned about for the future of this sport, but this would be the most existential threat if he's allowed to play.

[u/kbuva19]

It’s kind of crazy we went from the NCAA is the most corrupt and backwards organization that does whatever it wants in the legal system, to only 10 years later the court of public opinion agrees with them on almost every lawsuit they lose.

[u/superpie12]

NCAA should just give Tech the death penalty across all sports.

[u/DorianGuey]

1. He should be banned.

2. Indiana and Cincinnati should be under NCAA investigation.

[u/orthaeus]

Congrats Texas Tech, you are now the villain of CFB.

[u/scarlet_stormTrooper]

What a fucking joke. Fuck the courts 

[u/FlimFlamThaGimGar]

Game’s gone