In addition, one additional thing the conference could do, is simply kick them out of the league if they continue to fight it. I have no idea what is in the agreements between the conference and the schools, but if the other 15 universities are against them, maybe they could vote them out.
Who would take them at that point, certainly not SEC or Big10, they would be as dead as the PAC12.
When just winning is more important than what you tie that winning to, especially in college sports, itâs time to end the BS and simply close out college athletics as an intercollegiate thing.
Iâve read that several programs are considering not schedule TT in the future.
We donât have to face that decision in football this year, unless it would be a Big XII championship game matchup. Iâd support not playing them in the regular season, but that would be a tough call for a CCG.
For the life of me I donât understand the logic of the judgeâs decision. The kid broke clear rules, has a serious problem, but shouldnât have to face consequences that he knew heâd face? Why canât organizations set their own rules of behavior? Companies do. Schools do. Why exempt sports?
The TTU HC should cut the kid and send him on his way. For personal integrity, the integrity of the program, and the integrity of the University, cutting Sorsby is a must do thing.
Sorsbyâs future in football is over. Nobody did this to him. He did it to himself.
Gambling on your own teamâs games is a no bueno offense. It is a career ender, and criminal. The fact some good old boy judge didnât treat this in that way, and add a reprimand to the attorney who filed for the injunction, is galling.
I remember he threw quite the tantrum here last year as we were blasting them up & down the field.
TTech saw âfireâ, a competitor, he might have been trying to keep it within a specific range.
I feel bad for him, but the idea that litigating the NCAA ruling was going to be way forward⌠was revealing, unfortunately.
That was the funnest part of the game. No leadership, no grit, just crybaby when it got tough. He shouldnât play, but if he does, I donât see him really being the qb TT needs. Everyone fawns over his numbers and that heâs a top qb, but I havenât seen it.
The more I read the responses from the Tech athletic director, head coach, and fans, the more I dislike their program. They truly put winning above integrity of the sport.
I can honestly say if this was a player on the team I support, I would say get him help, but we will find a way to do without him.
That program needs the âDeath Penalty.â
From the category of down is upâŚ
Honestly the Texas AG ought to be prosecuting Sorsby, not protecting him.
Shouldnât come as a surprise that the person protecting Sorsby is none other than Ken Paxton.
FINALLY somebody is moving toward the kind of thinking I have about recreational shoplifting.
If Sorsby is out there running for his life against teams that want to do him physical harm⌠hey, that only intensifies the workout heâll get on the field, which leads to better fitness.
Just like with recreational shoplifting, where the shoplifter gets an intense workout, and the store security people have to stay in shape in order to run down the shoplifters.
People just need to think outside the box more on this kind of stuff.
(What a ridiculous circus)
We donât play the Red Raiders this year, so we can just sit back and watch all this unfold.
But the powers-that-be at TTech are so inebriated they canât see (or donât care) what theyâre doing to their own brand, in the process stirring up enough anger that maybe some action will be taken on the other malignancies that are harming CFB.
If Sorsby is somehow allowed to play for Texas Tech, at least we can look forward to the entertainment that will be provided by the opposing student sections.
It would be hilarious for stadiums to start playing The Gambler when he takes the field. LOL Everyone could sing along.
How in the hell does a coach put him in to play knowing he might manipulate the game to make money off a bet?
It is crazy to consider this is actually a topic of conversation.
Heh. Somebody should wander over to Cougarboard and suggest Sorsby made more on throwing the Cincy-BYU game last year than the entire BYU NIL.
CatBlue, where art thou?
Well, after all the meetings, it seems the Big12 has some clarity on their legal path forward. They sued the school and Ken Paxton to bar them from stopping the league from discipling TT.
From The Athletic.
The Big 12 filed a lawsuit in federal court Monday over the Brendan Sorsby saga, asking the court to bar Texas Tech and the state attorney general from preventing the league from sanctioning Texas Tech if the quarterback plays for the Red Raiders.
Itâs the latest step in the escalations over Sorsbyâs eligibility, following a district court ruling one week ago in Lubbock County preventing the NCAA from deeming Sorsby ineligible for violating various NCAA gambling rules, including betting on his own team while at Indiana.
The filing lists the Texas Tech University System, its chancellor, president, athletic director Kirby Hocutt and Texas attorney general Ken Paxton as defendants. Last week, Paxton sent a letter to the Big 12 warning against any sanctions against Tech.
The Big 12 presidents are scheduled to meet Monday to discuss potential sanctions against Texas Tech, though a final decision is unlikely to come out of that meeting.
This story will be updated.
Does any of this really matter at this point?
It feels like the damage has already been done and this is all just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
