Texas Tech QB who gambled on his own team for years will still be allowed to play: 'It's fking bullst'

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Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby is caught in the firing line of gambling, college football, and mental health activism.

Even though Sorsby was apparently caught earlier this year gambling on NCAA games, he will still suit up for the Red Raiders this coming season.

'The NCAA strongly disagrees with the court's ruling in this case.'

Sorsby's gambling activity was unearthed in March, when he was found to have placed at least 40 bets on his team when he played for Indiana from 2022 to 2023. Not only did the quarterback wager approximately $90,000 over four years, per On3, he also allegedly used sportsbook accounts registered to friends and family members to do so.

The 22-year-old reportedly continued to gamble after transfers to Cincinnati for 2024 and 2025 and to Texas Tech, where he transferred in January.

Sorsby checked into gambling addiction rehab in April and has since been released with a diagnosis of gambling and anxiety disorder. Those issues, which Yahoo reported are officially recognized by the NCAA as mental health disorders, were not properly considered by the NCAA when the organization decided to rule him as ineligible, Sorsby's lawyers have argued.

Despite all this trouble, a judge ruled on Monday that Sorsby's college career will continue, for now.

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Ken Curry — a judge in Lubbock County, Texas, where Texas Tech is located — ruled that Sorsby shall continue to play for Texas Tech by way of injunction. According to Curry, Sorsby's attorneys were able to prove that he would "suffer a probable, imminent, and irreparable injury," monetarily speaking, if he was not allowed to play in the meantime.

The Athletic reported on Tuesday that the NCAA has filed an appeal, claiming that the court is corrupting college football's "integrity."

"The NCAA strongly disagrees with the court's ruling in this case and is deeply concerned about the damaging, far-reaching, and broadly destabilizing ramifications of this outcome — which undermines and corrupts the integrity of sports," the NCAA reportedly said in a statement.

The college body added, "The NCAA is committed to supporting student-athlete mental health but must continue to aggressively defend against actions that defraud college athletics and threaten competitive integrity, such as betting on one's own sport.”

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Although court filings reportedly showed that Sorsby admitted to betting with the caveat that he always bet on his teammates to succeed, his school's conference is apparently having talks about refusing to play against his team.

Kansas State Athletic Director Gene Taylor told Yahoo Sports that the Big 12 conference had "serious conversations" about the idea.

"It's f**king bulls**t," Taylor told the outlet on Monday. "I know the kid has a problem. Well, get well and focus on your problem. It is absolutely devastating for him to be able to play when every other sport, no matter the level, deems an athlete ineligible or they are punished severely for betting on their team."

A condition of the injunction requires Sorsby to sit out for the first two games of the season against Abilene Christian and Oregon State, neither of which are in the Big 12.

Sorsby would be eligible to return against the University of Houston, a Big 12 team, on September 18.

Other discussions about avoiding Texas Tech have reportedly taken place in conferences like the Big Ten and the SEC.

ESPN college football reporter Pete Thamel said on Monday night that Big Ten officials are expected to have a discussion about a possible conference refusal to play Texas Tech in any sport. He cited three unnamed Big Ten sources.

In the SEC, University of Georgia Athletic Director Josh Brooks issued an internal memo to coaches telling them not to schedule any contests against Texas Tech without approval, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

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