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Link: Texas Tech QB Sorsby Entering Treatment for Gambling Addiction

KrAzY3 said:
Utah's AG and Governor are stating their support for the Big 12 and their right to enforce rules.

Another thing of note is that part of the case the Big 12 is making is that Texas Tech has in the past voted to sanction a member school, so they acknowledge the Big 12's right to do so. They still have the same president and athletic director as they had when they voted to sanction Baylor in 2016.

So to me it would seem things are crumbling around Texas Tech. Their attempt to sue/threaten everyone into compliance doesn't seem to have worked. Also, with two different cases going in, the NCAA's (attempt to expedite an) appeal and the Big 12's, just one needs to succeed to put this madness to an end. But... I never would have thought a judge would allow an injunction against such a basic rule as you can't gamble on your own team's events so what do I know.
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texas tech's arrogant thinking was that everyone would be on their side instead everyone hates them. There might be some hope for college sports.
 
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DzynKingRTR said:
texas tech's arrogant thinking was that everyone would be on their side instead everyone hates them. There might be some hope for college sports.
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One interesting thing to note in all of this is how conferences thus far have largely sat on the sidelines as member institutions were up to all sorts of shenanigans.

I mean go back to Tennessee brazenly breaking the rules and being directly involved in NIL, the NCAA started to investigate and Tennessee was like, we'll sue you and they backed off. The SEC of course was just standing there like that's cool. Players sue for you know their 7th year of eligibility, SEC still like yeah what ever. G-League players, European pros in the NCAA, still crickets. Then Bediako showed up and finally the SEC was like hey wait we don't like this (still didn't do anything other than show support for the NCAA in court)! A little late but at least you know, they noticed a thing that happened so hurray for that.

Now with this Sorsby situation, these conferences might have finally figured out they don't actually have to let a state judge decide these matters (Big 12 went to federal court). They are voluntary entities with their own set of rules and their own ways of enacting and enforcing things. Even if the an in-state judge does tell a player they can play their 8th season, or heck even if the NCAA does tell a G League player they can play, the conferences don't have to actually go along with it, as I understand it: "SEC Commissioner retains unilateral authority to suspend players or declare games "no contest"."

So, we got to this point not because we had to, but because thus far conferences have sat on their hands and let schools with bad ideas do dumb stuff. Perhaps they are finally figuring out their way around it...
 
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I’ll add this to my previous post concerning Sorsby’s decision to enter the supplemental draft because I was thinking about it last night.

Brendan, do you love the game of football? Are you even remotely grateful for what the game has given you? If you do, withdraw from school and enter the draft. Or do you want your legacy to be that of one that your actions led to destruction of a game that you love so dearly.

It is the right decision. Sometimes it just takes some people a while to get to the right spot.
 
Judge made a political decision in granting the injunction because he runs for re-election.

Paxton threatens to sue B12 because he is running for US Senate thinking this would gain him support for the Novemeber election.

Polling probably showed otherwise and the B12 threatening to sue would tie Paxton up in this litigation while he was trying to run for Senate.

Ultimately, I think Paxton sold TT out.
 
JDCrimson said:
Judge made a political decision in granting the injunction because he runs for re-election.

Paxton threatens to sue B12 because he is running for US Senate thinking this would gain him support for the Novemeber election.

Polling probably showed otherwise and the B12 threatening to sue would tie Paxton up in this litigation while he was trying to run for Senate.

Ultimately, I think Paxton sold TT out.
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I'm not going to pull this board into politics, but Paxton is slimy. He will do or say whatever he can to win an election.

In this case, TT was the low hanging fruit to further his goals. Ironically, a good chunk of Raiders fans didn't like this, either.

I also spit my water out at the "we operated with absolute integrity" letter from TT.
 
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I think TT figured out their chances of surviving both the NCAA's and the Big 12's court filings were slim.

If so, I'm guessing they went to Sorsby and said, "We can do this easy or we can do it hard. Easy is we pay you a healthy chunk of money, and you go on your way. Hard is you're off salary at TT, effective immediately, and you're on your own (including legal fees) to continue your fight....which you will probably lose."

All that is pure speculation on my part, but it fits Occam's Razor and is consistent with TT's amoral conduct.
 
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CrimsonTitles said:
It's gonna be funny if he doesn't get drafted. I honestly don't know that he will. NFL has a no tolerance policy for this stuff.
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It's very likely he doesn't. Monken, HC of the Browns was specifically asked if he would take him in the supplemental draft and Monken outright said "No". That they just can't take that type of risk on a player with a gambling addiction. My guess is this will be the response from the other NFL teams. You just can't take the risk.
 
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CrimsonTitles said:
It's gonna be funny if he doesn't get drafted. I honestly don't know that he will. NFL has a no tolerance policy for this stuff.
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Yep; NFL don't play when it comes to betting. Look what happened to Calvin Ridley. He made $1500 worth of parlay bets while on a mental health sabbatical; and lost a full season and $11 million.
 
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