Tech's Sorsby files injunction, seeks '26 eligibil...
Key takeaways
- The filing, made in district court in Lubbock County, Texas, cites the NCAA's "deeply hypocritical" position on gambling and a "wholesale abandonment of its obligations and duties to promote the well-being" of Sorsby.
- The NCAA prohibits student-athletes from betting on any NCAA-sanctioned sport, professional or collegiate.
- The NCAA has yet to make any public decisions or declarations on Sorsby's status.
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The filing, made in district court in Lubbock County, Texas, cites the NCAA's "deeply hypocritical" position on gambling and a "wholesale abandonment of its obligations and duties to promote the well-being" of Sorsby.
The NCAA prohibits student-athletes from betting on any NCAA-sanctioned sport, professional or collegiate. Penalties can include permanent ineligibility, especially in cases in which athletes wagered on their own team or manipulated their performance.
Sorsby, who has prominent attorneys Jeffrey Kessler and Scott Tompsett as part of his legal team, is "currently ineligible to play for Texas Tech due to prior violations of the NCAA's sports gambling rules" and would be "irreparably harmed" if the injunction isn't granted. The NCAA has yet to make any public decisions or declarations on Sorsby's status.