Hmmm.
“Mr. Sorsby placed small bets—typically between $5 and $50—on the Indiana football team to win or for teammates to exceed expectations. He was not traveling with the team, and not privy to game plans; betting was his way of feeling connected to a team he could only watch from the sidelines. For clarity, he never bet on a game he played in or had a reasonable chance of playing in [he wasn’t playing in games at the time], and he never made any bets in a manner that could impact the outcome of any game or undermine the integrity of any game.”
The argument: At least he wasn’t point-shaving or game-fixing, so let the kid play. That’s how far Kessler and Tompsett are asking the court to unilaterally lower the NCAA’s agreed-upon bar.
The suit says Sorsby stopped betting on his own team when he became the backup QB at Indiana, and that he hasn’t wagered again on a team he was a member of in two seasons with the Hoosiers and two more at Cincinnati. He transferred to Texas Tech in January.
But that doesn’t mean Sorsby quit gambling.
Quoting from the lawsuit: “Mr. Sorsby … was addicted to sports gambling, and he continued to place bets on other sports as his gambling escalated into a compulsion he could not control. He placed thousands of bets—often on events he did not even regularly follow, like games in the Turkish basketball league and Romanian soccer matches. None of his bets involved teams he played on or players he held any non-public information about.”
This feels like a “just the tip” kind of argument, to be crass about it, but I believe the rule states you’re not supposed to be wagering on any sport, at all, regardless if you’re throwing it or watching it. To be clear, Sorsby DID bet on Indiana, but the non-public information that he was aware of was that Indiana sucked.
From On3:
Brendan Sorsby bet on Indiana Football in 2022 to feel more ‘connected with the team,’ per his affidavit in court documents. “I rationalized placing those bets as a way to feel more connected to the team, to root for my friends, and to feel like I had a real ‘stake’ in the games that I otherwise was not involved in.” He later added: “Because the Indiana football team was not a very strong competitor in 2022, I lost most of the bets I placed.”
Yes, there’s no better way to bond with your team outside of placing covert bets on them and expecting to lose money. I mean, not through practice, or weight room time, or battling for a backup role. Nah, let’s bond through wagering. Makes sense.
So how will Texas Tech circumvent this mess? Let’s use the Trinidad Chambliss saga as a model:
Yes, he went to the Texas Tech School of Law.
Yes, this will likely have a predictable end.
Anyone want to bet on it?
A “just the tip” argument.
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How lewd
Still don’t understand how state courts overrule the NCAA
Where the ncaa is involved, it’s just a gamble on the outcome…
Great question. Obviously the Mississippi Chancery Court or the Texas Discrict Court cannot issue a ruling that binds the NCAA and a player for the Maine Black Bears but the state court can make a judgment affecting the treatment by the NCAA of a resident of Mississippi or a resident of Texas. It can tell the NCAA, “You cannot do this in our state to a resident of our state .”
Thanks, it would then appear that the ncaa could rule that he couldn’t play out of state or any games would be losses, if he played
I am surprised the NCAA hasn’t pressed on this.
NCAA’s law firm’s motto: You keep losing, we keep billing.
What do you want to bet this lawsuit is being bankrolled by Cody Campbell?
Any participant in sports who gets in debt to the wrong people is a liability. Anyone who doesn’t recognize the risk is hopelessly naive.
More likely, hopelessly cynical.
Wait. Texas Tech has law school?
The best response I saw to the pic of the judge and the mascot is “which one is the judge?”
Same old s…! Never gonna change. Anything goes, especially if you can get it in your own court!! Fading fast. College football, RIP!
I immediately thought of the tips of icebergs. I did not realize that was some sort of erogenous zone, lol.
I do understand the need to bond with my beloved Bulldogs by betting on them to cover the spread lo these many decades when I know damn well they won’t, but I can’t bring myself to bet against them.
Take the under and Dawgs winning to make bank.
If this kid wins I’ll sue in Texas to get Pete Rose in the HoF.
And Hank Aaron as the official HR champion.
The definition of moving the goal posts.
The NCAA is as useless as tits on a bore hog. They lose every law suit and the only players they can punish are the ones with lousy lawyers.