ESPN’s Max Olson, Pete Thamel and Adam Schefter were the first to report that Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby has retained attorney Jeffrey Kessler to retain his college eligibility:

Kessler is a prominent antitrust attorney with a strong record of success against the NCAA and was one of the lead attorneys for the plaintiffs in the House vs. NCAA case. He has also represented the NFLPA on behalf of Tom Brady, Ray Rice, Ezekiel Elliott, Adrian Peterson and the New Orleans Saints’ “Bountygate” players.

Should Sorsby and Kessler be unsuccessful, then Sorsby could potential enter the NFL’s Supplemental Draft, which there’s no deadline for that entry.

The wording in this report says that Sorsby is attempting to “regain his college eligibility”. That presumes that his eligibility is lost, right? Maybe they are presuming he’s already lost his eligibility because of the rule in place, that any bet on your school is a permanent loss of eligibility? I wish we knew.

This report from CBS Sports’ Brandon Marcello goes a bit further in that Sorsby is seeking a resolution with the NCAA and prepared to take the NCAA to court:

Kessler confirmed to CBS Sports that Sorsby has hired him. Sorsby is seeking a negotiated resolution with the NCAA. If that doesn’t happen, Kessler is prepared to take the NCAA to court, sources familiar with the process told CBS Sports.

This also presumes that Sorsby is looking for a resolution at all and the article also states that Texas Tech has retained it’s own attorney and that the NCAA has not given Sorsby any timeline for resolution, which is an issue for Sorsby:

Tech has retained its own counsel for its talks with the NCAA, but Sorsby sought independent counsel with Kessler.

Under NCAA bylaws, wagering on your own school’s games carries the harshest possible penalty: permanent loss of eligibility.

The NCAA has not provided Sorsby or Texas Tech a timeline for completing the investigation, which is a point of contention for Sorsby as his college career hangs in the balance less than four months before next season, sources said.

This makes it a bit clearer in that as of this time, the NCAA hasn’t given Sorsby anything and that’s the problem, maybe Sorsby and his team read the tea leaves and want to speed the NCAA investigation up so that he knows whether or not he needs to sue to regain his eligibility. He needs a decision from the NCAA and the NCAA is just taking their sweet time. Which I am still asking myself, who exactly released this information and how did it become public? How did all of this alleged betting data become part of the public discourse? Still confused about how that has all happened. How did thousands of bets become part of these reports, as well as the amount of bets.