In the NIL era, college athletics across the board have begun catering to contracts and big-money deals. Programmes have, in many cases, become pawns for agents to move around on a board that their signed athletes may or may not be entirely caught up on. To say it’s a confusing time would hardly cover it.
But even as money gets involved to a ludicrous degree, players cannot – and will never be able to, if I may – bet on their own games. That’s an intrusion that, historically and mentally, is impossible to reverse.
That’s why Brendan Sorsby planning to play for Texas Tech, in spite of his massive gambling bust, infuriated the college football world. After a while, though, the pressure got overwhelming. And now,per On3 and Pete Nakos, Sorsby and Texas Tech are parting ways. The controversial quarterback will not play college football in the 2026-27 season.
Kentucky fans, despite having nothing to do with Texas Tech or the Big 12, should join the party in celebrating the ultimate defeat of this game-changing story. College football just got a big win.
This news comes just days after it was reported (per ESPN) that coaches and athletic directors were ‘disgusted’ and ‘stunned’ with the ruling that initially rendered Sorsby eligible for the incoming season.
Perhaps the Red Raiders didn’t expect the national full-court press that would follow Sorsby being legally cleared; of course, that couldn’t have been more wrong. It’s hard to sweep 9,000 bets totalling at least $90,000 dollars under the rug. Who knew?
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