With Texas Tech Quarterback Brendan Sorsby being eligible for the 2026 college football season after a Lubbock judge granted him an injunction to the NCAA's ruling, the college football landscape is in panic, thinking of what will happen in the future with the precedent that this ruling sets.
Athletic Directors and Coaches across the Big 12 have made their discomfort with the ruling known by saying, "If this is the precedent, then I owe it to my players to bring in people from Las Vegas to teach us how to gamble". This anonymous Big 12 coach went on to say, " I'm supposed to do what's best for my players, and in that case, they would be able to make a lot of money betting on our games." (via ESPN's David Purdum).
According to Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports, athletic directors across the Big 12 are having "serious talks" on not playing Texas Tech, with one SEC athletic director saying they should be having conversations about not playing Texas Tech in any sports.
ESPN's college football analyst Josh Pate points out that "The NCAA has been on a certain trajectory for a while, but this is the wood chipper moment." The NCAA has been surrounded by controversy constantly, with players fighting for eligibility through the Diego Pavia JUCO ruling, or the more mainstream transfer portal and NIL issues across college sports at the moment. A ruling that makes it seem like gambling on college sports while a part of that team will go unpunished is a dangerous precedent that the NCAA needs to squash as quickly as possible.
Brendan Sorsby breaks his silence after being cleared to play for 2026. pic.twitter.com/rSoNm9b0Zi
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) June 8, 2026
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