LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) \u2014 Texas Tech announced Tuesday the NCAA has denied the school\u2019s petition to have transfer quarterback Brendan Sorsby\u2019s eligibility reinstated after he acknowledged wagering on sports, including on his own team when he was a freshman.<\/p>\n
University president Lawrence Schovanec wrote in a letter to the Texas Tech community<\/a> that the school would appeal the ruling. Sorsby also has a court hearing scheduled in Lubbock County District Court next Monday<\/a> on his request for a temporary injunction that would allow him to play for the Red Raiders this season.<\/p>\n \u201cWe believe that given the facts and the context of Brendan\u2019s case, the NCAA\u2019s ruling should be reversed or modified,\u201d Schovanec wrote. \u201cAs a generation of college athletes face the legalization and rapid proliferation of sports betting in our country, gambling addiction is rising to the point of epidemic among college aged men in particular.\u201d<\/p>\n Sorsby was one of the top players to enter the transfer portal after last season. At stake is the multimillion-dollar deal<\/a> the Texas native signed with the Red Raiders for what was supposed to be his final season of college football.<\/p>\n Athletic director Kirby Hocutt said he expected Tech\u2019s appeal to the NCAA being submitted by the end of this week.<\/p>\n \u201cWe believe the right thing to do is to not ruin this young man\u2019s college career for something that happened four years ago,\u201d Hocutt said Tuesday while attending the Big 12 spring meetings in Frisco, Texas. \u201cThere\u2019s penalties for everything that you do, and we would accept that and expect that, but at the same time, let\u2019s help this young man who has been very vulnerable and has admitted to some wrongdoings. Let\u2019s give him a second chance and help him.\u201d<\/p>\n Schovanec said the 22-year-old Sorsby last week completed an inpatient gambling addiction treatment program and is preparing to return to campus. The quarterback can participate in offseason activities with the Red Raiders.<\/p>\n Schovanec noted the NCAA\u2019s stated mission includes the lifelong well-being of athletes and to promote a \u201cculture of care\u201d for their mental health.<\/p>\n \u201cBrendan himself has been open about his struggle with severe gambling addiction, and we believe his vulnerability deserves to be met with the full weight of this institution\u2019s support,\u201d Schovanec wrote. \u201cOur foremost priority in contemplating Brendan\u2019s future with Texas Tech is his continued health and well-being.\u201d<\/p>\n Hocutt said Tech wants to help Sorsby and hopes that \u201cthe NCAA would look at it from a different lens than they traditionally have.\u201d<\/p>\n In his lawsuit seeking an injunction, Sorsby acknowledged that in his first year at Indiana, he wagered between $5 and $50 on the Hoosiers football team to win and made prop bets on teammates to exceed statistical predictions. He said he did not bet on the one game in which he played. Sorsby said he never bet on a game involving Cincinnati after he transferred there in 2024, but he continued to bet on other sports.<\/p>\n According to Schovanec, Sorsby will receive ongoing treatment, monitoring and support at the school. He will receive outpatient clinical care, participation in group and individual therapy, mentor resources, treatment for his related anxiety disorder and active monitoring of his technological devices. He also will have a custodian to oversee his personal finances and and periodic compliance checks. <\/p>\n \u201cThis is not a symbolic commitment,\u201d Schovanec wrote. \u201cEach element reflects our conviction, and Brendan\u2019s, that nothing matters more right now than his continued recovery. It is our duty to provide that support and that is support we are uniquely well-positioned to provide.\u201d<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n AP college football: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/ap-top-25-college-football-poll<\/a> and https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/college-football<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) \u2014 Texas Tech announced Tuesday the NCAA has denied the school\u2019s petition to have transfer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311255,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[14694,261,416,815,300,30433,94501,168,170,169,154,5390,27,415,1891,1760],"class_list":["post-311254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-brendan-sorsby","tag-college-football","tag-college-sports","tag-courts","tag-football","tag-gambling","tag-lawrence-schovanec","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news","tag-sports","tag-sports-betting","tag-texas","tag-texas-tech-red-raiders","tag-texas-tech-red-raiders-football","tag-tx-state-wire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}