There comes a point when one has to ask themselves how much there is to gain from allowing an athlete to stay on the team when there is so much backlash coming from outside sources.On Monday, a Texas judge granted the Red Raiders quarterback an injunction, after being presented evidence by Sorsby himself and the NCAA, that showed he had been gambling for the past four years on a variety of sports.TEXAS TECH'S BRENDAN SORSBY WON ROUND 2, BUT THE NCAA IS COMING BACK SWINGING IN LANDMARK CASEThis included placing bets on his own team to win, while he was on the roster at Indiana, which added up to 40 different wagers, according to Sorsby.In addition to gambling on the Hoosiers, while on the team, the quarterback also placed a number of bets on Indiana basketball.Then, when he transferred to Cincinnati, he placed additional bets on the Bearcats basketball team, along with more than $6,000 on other college football games.When it was all said and done, Sorsby admitted to wagering $90,000 on sports betting, which did not stop when he arrived at Texas Tech, telling the NCAA he wagered an additional $5,000 through his friends.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)I would guess that fans of the football team are most likely divided on the inside, if they were telling the truth.
In reality, I'd imagine athletic director Kirby Hocutt and Texas Tech megabooster Cody Campbell probably feel a tad awkward knowing they will end up paying Sorsby more than $4 million to play football this season in Lubbock.But lost in the ill-timed posts on social media from Campbell, or the awkward statements coming from the school regarding its starting quarterback, is a reality that this public bashing could’ve been prevented from day one of the school finding out the transfer portal addition had been breaking NCAA, and federal, laws since he ...