Judge Reinstates Brendan Sorsby To Texas Tech, Says QB Will Miss Just Two Games

Defector · 3 months ago · 47 views

Brendan Sorsby won the latest round in his fight to suit up come fall. On Monday, a Texas court granted the request from Texas Tech’s allegedly gambling addicted bonus baby quarterback for an injunction preventing the NCAA from barring him for the 2026 season and beyond. Sorsby transferred to the Red Raiders in January after two years at Cincinnati, a move that reportedly would net him a $6 million NIL windfall. After word broke that he was being investigated by the NCAA for betting on a lot of things—including his own team’s games and balls and strikes from Cincinnati Reds pitchers—Sorsby entered a residential rehab facility for treatment for a gambling addiction. The NCAA subsequently announced he’d been, essentially, banned from participating in college athletics.    Sorsby asked for the injunction on the grounds that gambling is a mental illness, and the NCAA can’t punish somebody for being sick. Judge Ken Curry of the 99th District Court in Lubbock seems to have mostly agreed with Sorsby’s argument, throwing out the punishment.