Texas Tech defends integrity amid Sorsby backlash
Key takeaways
- A message to the Texas Tech community from our leadership. pic.twitter.com/MpbXtNJakp
- Sorsby does have to sit out the Red Raiders' first two games, against Abilene Christian and Oregon State.
- "There's no reason whatsoever to question the integrity of our athletics department, or the competitive product that we put on the fields or on the courts each and every time that we go out," Hocutt said.
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Athletic director Kirby Hocutt -- appearing in the video alongside football coach Joey Mc Guire, university president Lawrence Schovanec and Grant Stovall, Texas Tech's senior associate athletic director for student-athlete health and wellness -- said he understands why his AD colleagues have spoken out against the school allowing Sorsby to play this fall.
A message to the Texas Tech community from our leadership. pic.twitter.com/MpbXtNJakp
On Monday, Sorsby was granted a temporary injunction by a Texas judge that clears the way for him to play this fall despite being ruled ineligible by the NCAA for widespread sports wagering, including 40 bets involving Indiana football while he was a freshman with the Hoosiers in 2022. The NCAA has appealed the injunction. Sorsby does have to sit out the Red Raiders' first two games, against Abilene Christian and Oregon State.