We have now lost the entire plot, and there is nothing anyone can say that will put the blame on the NCAA in this case.Welcome to the party, where anything goes.This includes getting away with breaking the one rule that anyone with a pulse can agree on: don't bet on your own team.Brendan Sorsby wins court injunction against the NCAA despite betting on his own team multiple timesFour years ago, Brendan Sorsby placed numerous bets on Indiana football while he was on the roster.
This started a domino effect that saw the quarterback admit to placing thousands of bets on a number of sports, including college basketball and football.Yes, he bet on other collegiate teams, and admitted as much in a court filing.But, because he argued that it was a mental health disorder (addiction), thanks to his attorney, Jeffrey Kessler, the judge bought the laughable defense that the NCAA is somehow the bad guy in this equation.Brendan Sorsby of the Cincinnati Bearcats walks off the field after the team defeated the Baylor Bears 41-20 at Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Oct.25, 2025.
(Dylan Buell/Getty Images)What in the world are we doing? The judge also ruled that Sorsby would face "irreparable harm" if he wasn’t granted a temporary injunction.Right, that's the point.
He broke the rules, one would think at some point you have to pay the consequences.And please, save me with the arguments over eligibility cases that have been brought forth before the court regarding whether players deserve another year of the college experience.One has nothing to do with the other.What Judge Ken Curry just essentially said was that you can break the rules, but because you will suffer monetary gains from an ineligible ruling from the NCAA, we're going to paint the ones who enforced the rules as the bad guy.Well done, this is now the dumbest decision I have seen in recent memory, and I've seen a number of interesting court rulings.
What this does now is allow the NCAA to continue being trampl...