In the wildest development to date regarding the absurdity of the current college sports model, a college football quarterback who bet on games involving his own team has been declared eligible to play in 2026.
Brendan Sorsby, the Texas Tech quarterback who allegedly gambled close to $100,000, including bets on his own teams, will be suspended for the first two games of the year, before being made eligible. A Texas judge granted Sorsby an injuction on Monday, allowing him to play in 2026. The NCAA strongly disagrees with the decision.
"The NCAA strongly disagrees with the court’s ruling in Sorsby's case and is deeply concerned about the damaging, far-reaching and broadly destabilizing ramifications of this outcome — which undermines and corrupts the integrity of sports. The NCAA is committed to supporting student-athlete mental health but must continue to aggressively defend against actions that defraud college athletics and threaten competitive integrity, such as betting on one's own sport," the NCAA said.
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The NCAA, though, has very little power at this point. "Student-athletes" can essentially break whatever rules or policies are in place, higher a highly-paid lawyer (which they can now afford) and find a judge that will rule in their favor.
The sport has been broken.
U.S. Congress urged to 'take action'
Something needs to change - perhaps U.S. Congress can get involved.
"If there's one thing that could unify a divided Congress to pass a law that gives the NCAA more authority to govern itself, it might be a court prohibiting the NCAA from banning athletes who bet on their own games," Gabe Feldman shared.
Sports fans typically don't like it when the U.S. Government gets involved, but in this case, it would likely be welcomed in a big way.
