Brendan Sorsby Ruling Shows NCAA Has Lost Control of College Sports

Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby shocked everyone this week by winning his injunction, and getting a temporary restraining order against the NCAA allowing him to play for Texas Tech in 2026.

It’s hard to say anything is surprising in college football anymore, but this decision was shocking. Ignoring the morality of betting on your own football team, it also seems illegal to have other people place bets on your behalf, which Sorsby admitted to doing. Sorsby and Texas Tech have continued to claim that the issue at hand was a mental health crisis, but I couldn’t imagine the university going through all this trouble if he was a back up kicker.

The NCAA has lost control of college sports. If you don’t like their decision, you take your case to a favorable judge, and you’re allowed to do whatever you want. I am completely against Sorsby ever getting a second chance like most fans of college football, and I wish there was something the NCAA could do to prevent him from playing in 2026 and beyond.

We’ve seen the governing board of the NCAA doesn’t have a backbone, but other universities are fighting against this injustice.

Per Pete Thamel, the Big Ten will be meeting to discuss whether they will continue to schedule regular season games against Texas Tech. Nebraska’s AD, Troy Dannen, and many other AD’s have announced they will no longer be scheduling games against Tech as well.

I applaud these schools for taking a bold stance, and hoping to keep any integrity left in college sports. Hopefully other universities will follow suit and remove any future matchups against Texas Tech.

However, where I am most intrigued to see the fallout from this decision is in the Big 12. Many schools have already come out to voice their displeasure on this ruling, fighting to keep the game safe from further malfeasance.

At the end of the day, this should have been a cut and dry case. Sorsby bet on his team, he did not play, but had insider information about game plans that can lead to advantage in gambling. He’s not nearly as bad as former Cleveland Guardians pitchers, Emanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz, but those athletes will never come near the MLB ever again.

A terrible precedent has been set by the NCAA, and now it’s up to the other universities to stand up against Texas Tech, and prevent something like this from ever happening again.