{"id":325216,"date":"2026-06-06T05:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T05:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/325216\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T05:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T05:14:11","slug":"ncaa-denies-texas-techs-appeal-regarding-brendan-sorsbys-eligibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/325216\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA denies Texas Tech&#8217;s appeal regarding Brendan Sorsby&#8217;s eligibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a judge weighs whether to reinstate the eligibility of Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby, the NCAA has reiterated its decision that Sorsby\u2019s gambling habits prevent him from playing again.<\/p>\n<p>Via Justin Williams of The Athletic, the NCAA <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Williams_Justin\/status\/2063047324889239870?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">denied Texas Tech\u2019s appeal<\/a> aimed at restoring Sorsby\u2019s eligibility to play in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no surprise, and it also has no impact on the pending civil case. The question comes down to whether the judge who heard arguments in the case on June 1 decides whether to overturn the NCAA\u2019s position.<\/p>\n<p>The NCAA would surely pursue any available appeals, and time is of the essence. Sorsby\u2019s deadline for applying for the NFL\u2019s 2026 supplemental draft arrives on June 22.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As a judge weighs whether to reinstate the eligibility of Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby, the NCAA has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325217,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-325216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325216","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=325216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}