Here we go. I can’t say that I understand how or why this works the way that it does, but as of yesterday, Texas Tech has suspended Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby and is seeking his reinstatement. I believe that Sorsby’s attorney, Jeffrey Kessler, has technically filed an injunction against the NCAA and seeking his immediate eligibility.

Via ESPN:

The filing, made in district court in Lubbock County, Texas, cites the NCAA’s “deeply hypocritical” position on gambling and a “wholesale abandonment of its obligations and duties to promote the well-being” of Sorsby.

The NCAA prohibits student-athletes from betting on any NCAA-sanctioned sport, professional or collegiate. Penalties can include permanent ineligibility, especially in cases in which athletes wagered on their own team or manipulated their performance.

Sorsby, who has prominent attorneys Jeffrey Kessler and Scott Tompsett as part of his legal team, is “currently ineligible to play for Texas Tech due to prior violations of the NCAA’s sports gambling rules” and says he will be “irreparably harmed” if the injunction isn’t granted.

The injunction continues to state that Sorsby has a clinically diagnosed gambling disorder, which is a mental health condition:

“The NCAA has weaponized his condition to shore up a facade of competitive integrity, while simultaneously profiting from the very gambling ecosystem it polices,” the filing states.

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I am sure that you are already aware of this, but typically, these initial filings are incredibly one-sided and an allegation does not make it fact. There is Sorsby’s affidavit, which is him swearing to certain things contained in that affidavit, but that does not necessarily make those things a fact. Thus, saying that the Sorsby will suffer mental health if he cannot practice is an opinion, or saying that the NCAA has delayed the process, is again, an opinion, but not proven as a fact. It may be proven to be true. We will see very soon.

“If I cannot practice with the team, it will be severely detrimental to my mental health and my development as an athlete,” Sorsby said in an included affidavit. “Without access to coaching, teammates, and on-field repetitions, I cannot develop the chemistry and skills necessary to start at quarterback in the 2026 season — and each additional day away compounds that harm. These developmental opportunities cannot be replaced or replicated.”

The filing claims Sorsby offered to accept a two-game suspension based on “completing his residential treatment” for his gambling condition. He also offered to work with the NCAA to educate others on the dangers of gambling. The filing claims the NCAA, in rejecting the offer, disregarded its own policies by not coming to a decision in a timely manner.

“Throughout the process, the NCAA has arbitrarily stalled at every turn, despite the fact that it knows that the clock is ticking for Mr. Sorsby,” the filing reads, mentioning the NCAA’s requests for a live interview and the necessity to see Sorsby’s records. Sorsby’s legal team deems this unnecessary because he has admitted wrongdoing and there’s no evidence that he bet against his own team or shared insider information.

Sorsby’s filing asserts that he “took accountability” for breaking NCAA rules violations and that the violations “undisputedly did not raise any integrity issues” because they did not threaten or influence the outcome of games.

The filing includes Sorsby’s betting on events he didn’t follow such as the Turkish basketball league and Romanian soccer matches.

“To be clear, I never placed any bets ‘against’ Indiana or against any players on the team,” Sorsby said in the included affidavit. “I never used any non-public information that I knew about the team in deciding what bets to place. My bets were purely intended to make me feel more connected to the game and my teammates and to give me more of a reason to root for my teammates. Because the Indiana football team was not a very strong competitor in 2022, I lost most of the bets I placed.

“… In retrospect, by the end of my freshman year at Indiana, I was truly addicted to gambling. I began placing hundreds of bets on anything and everything, including non-major doubles tennis tournaments and the Major League Baseball draft.”

The deadline for the NFL Supplemental Draft is at the end of June and the injunction states that the NCAA’s delay has put him in-between a rock and a hard place, will he be eligible or will he need to declare for the NFL Supplemental Draft:

“The NCAA has manufactured an impossible bind: it delays its reinstatement decision while the NFL deadline closes in, forcing Mr. Sorsby to choose between surrendering college eligibility he wants to retain, while risking the loss of a full year of competitive football entirely,” the filing states. “This is not equity. Mr. Sorsby has diligently pursued every alternative avenue for relief, but he is not obligated to continue doing so in light of the irreparable harm he now faces.”

Again, before you think anything, just remember that the filed injunction is very one-sided and all of the things alleged are not necessarily fact. It is Sorsby’s best foot forward.

If you would like a reference other than the ESPN link, please see below:

• CBS Sports’ Brad Crawford & Shehan Jeyarajah: Brendan Sorsby files injunction vs. NCAA: Texas Tech QB seeks 2026 eligibility amid gambling probe
• Lubbock Avalanche-Journal’s Nathan Giese and Don Williams: Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby files injunction vs NCAA in gambling probe
• The Athletic’s Justin Williams: Brendan Sorsby files suit against NCAA, details bets on own team while at Indiana

In completely unrelated news, ESPN’s Heather Dinich reports that Texas Tech quarterback Will Hammond is ahead of schedule and will be able to participate in 7-on-7:

McGuire said Hammond will be able to participate in player-led 7-on-7 drills in June, and he could be game-ready as soon as the Week 2 trip to Oregon State on Sept. 12. At the latest, McGuire said, Hammond would be in game shape by the Sept. 19 Big 12 opener against Houston.

“August 21 is nine months, so he should be released August 21,” McGuire said. “It could be a couple days before that. Even with all that, being game-ready, my mindset has always been we don’t have to rush him back, so if we can have Will Hammond ready to go against Houston — total 100%, he feels great — that’s kind of been the plan.”

As it’s been said and written, Hammond being ahead of schedule is great, but ACL tears and cartilage issues take time because the blood flow to those spots isn’t as great as muscle or bone. There is no amount of work that will solve the issue, sometimes it is just time to heal. I also know that there are some things that people have tried to do, like red light therapy, to help the process along. Regardless, it is typically a time-issue and more time usually results in the ligament being strong. I hope that it is.

“We never let those guys get ahead of schedule, but if you could say somebody is ahead of schedule, Will Hammond is ahead of schedule,” McGuire said. “Will Hammond is a different human. When I recruited him out of high school, he was the most mature 18-year-old I’d ever been around in my life. … He’s really serious about his rehab and has done everything he’s supposed to do. We’ve got to hold him back.”