Oklahoma AG calls on Big 12 to suspend Sorsby
Key takeaways
- As the Big 12 continues to consider actions against Texas Tech and quarterback Brendan Sorsby, Oklahoma attorney general Gentner Drummond is calling on the conference to suspend Sorsby.
- "Texas Tech has acted in a manner adverse to the Big 12 and the integrity of college football as a whole."
- "[Texas Tech] has shirked responsibility by running with a bogus claim to a friendly court," Drummond wrote.
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As the Big 12 continues to consider actions against Texas Tech and quarterback Brendan Sorsby, Oklahoma attorney general Gentner Drummond is calling on the conference to suspend Sorsby.
In a letter sent to Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark and board chairman Douglas Girod on Friday, Drummond supported the conference's ability to sanction the actions of Texas Tech and Sorsby and recommended the Big 12 take action, rejecting recent threats from Texas attorney general Ken Paxton that the conference cannot as "meritless" and "facially absurd."
"[Texas Tech's] actions in obtaining eligibility for Brendan Sorsby -- an athlete the NCAA declared permanently ineligible for extensive wagering on college sports, including games involving his own team -- have constituted a shameful chapter in the story of college football," Drummond wrote. "Texas Tech has acted in a manner adverse to the Big 12 and the integrity of college football as a whole."