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Subject: Texas Tech Quarterback Sues NCAA for Right to Play Author: An Observer [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 19:02:47 05/18/26 Mon In reply to: Greenhorn 's message, "Five-for-Five Impact?" on 10:53:57 04/24/26 Fri Texas Tech incoming transfer quarterback Brendan Sorsby is suing the NCAA and seeking an immediate injunction to allow him to play this upcoming 2026 season. The NCAA had permanently banned Sorsby for placing over 10,000 wagers on a variety of teams in a variety of sports, including bets on his own Indiana University team while he was a redshirt freshman and therefore not on the field. This will get interesting for all the wrong reasons. In the new NIL and transfer era, Sorsby is functionally a employee of the Texas Tech NIL collective. Indeed, he is transferring in pursuant to a $4-5 million one-year contract with the Red Raider NIL collective. Well, in the United States of America, courts generally will allow a potential employee who wants to work for a desirous employer to do so. That's why non-compete agreements are so hard to enforce. In the US, you wanna work, you generally get to work. Now here comes this kid who says, "You're costing me the opportunity to make $4-5 million this year just because I have a gambling problem. Being a gambling addict shouldn't preclude me from making a living." This is where we will arrive once it is clear that college athletes are now employees of their NIL collectives. All the vestiges of "student" in the term "student-athlete" will be swept away soon. This kid is saying, "I have a right to work. You have no right to prevent me from doing so." [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> Subject: Re: Texas Tech Quarterback Sues NCAA for Right to Play **THIS IS MY JOB** Author: An Observer [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 13:09:40 05/19/26 Tue Sorsby is not exactly a sympathetic figure, insofar as he clearly is a problem gambler. Indeed, that's part of his defense: "I have a medical problem. I'm an addict." Maybe that unsympathetic image will hurt his case in court. Maybe it won't, in that people who appear guilty are not convicted all the time, because they have rights and escape on technicalities. Maybe Sorsby will prevail on his legal argument, even though he does not deny that he did, in fact, gamble and gamble bigly. But there will be other athletes who will sue for the right to play on other grounds. What about these arguments: "Why should I only receive one year for a medical redshirt? I was injured for two. I have the medical records to prove it." "Why should the NCAA be allowed to cap my participation in intercollegiate sports -- at all? This is my job. I have a right to earn a living." [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: messed up Author: Lion rooter [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 13:18:38 05/19/26 Tue the world has turned upside down - he gambled ON HIS OWN TEAM? So ridiculous - to think Jim Thorpe lost his medals - which were reinstated I believe -- for so much less - a semipro baseball team was it ? What coach would want a kid like that on their team? I even read that some Fordham U mens hoops players were implicated in point shaving etc. It's a cardinal sin IMHO - [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Texas Tech Quarterback Sues NCAA for Right to Play **THIS IS MY JOB** Author: sparman [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 14:15:22 05/19/26 Tue "What coach would want a kid like that on their team?" A coach who stands to earn a sizable bonus for making the championship playoff tournament (or, to avoid losing his job and multi-million salary for not making the tournament) and needs a good QB. I could be wrong, but I believe this covers a majority of coaches. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]