{"id":332968,"date":"2026-06-12T01:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T01:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/332968\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T01:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T01:06:11","slug":"texas-ag-warns-big-12-against-brendan-sorsby-related-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/332968\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas AG warns Big 12 against Brendan Sorsby related sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paxton, who is running for U.S. Senate against Democrat James Talarico, sent a letter to the Big 12<\/a> on Thursday that reportedly warned any action against Texas Tech could violate state and federal antitrust law and\u00a0 “would expose the Conference to substantial liability.”<\/p>\n

“Should the Big 12 seek to sanction Texas Tech for acting consistent with the Order, Texas Tech will pursue all legal avenues to protect its interests,” the letter said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a statement, Yormak said “all options remain on the table” and the conference is “taking time with our legal counsel to understand the concerns of the state and will meet again with the full Board next week.”<\/p>\n

The legal fight over Sorsby’s eligibility has plunged college sports into chaos this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On Monday, a Texas state district judge issued Sorsby an injunction against the NCAA that will allow him to play most of the upcoming season, despite an admission that he made\u00a0at least $90,000 in\u00a0sports bets while playing\u00a0for Indiana University and Cincinnati.<\/p>\n

Yormak said the ruling led to\u00a0\u201cgreat concern amongst our membership,\u201d and set up the possibility of sanctions against Texas Tech,\u00a0which is part of the conference.<\/p>\n

At the center of the legal fight is Fort Worth oil billionaire Cody Campbell, who has spent millions of dollars recruiting athletes to Texas Tech\u00a0and has defended Sorsby’s right to play<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Also supporting is Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows, one of the lawyers who\u00a0represented the quarterback in his lawsuit against the NCAA.<\/p>\n

“The judge\u2019s decision includes consequences while allowing a young man to continue pursuing his education, his athletic career, and his future,” he wrote. “I wish Brendan continued success in his recovery and on the field.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paxton, who is running for U.S. Senate against Democrat James Talarico, sent a letter to the Big 12…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328421,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169,55311],"class_list":["post-332968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news","tag-tsn-college"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332968","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=332968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}