{"id":336296,"date":"2026-06-14T20:10:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T20:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/336296\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T20:10:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T20:10:24","slug":"hope-texas-tech-loses-every-game-former-heisman-winning-qb-sounds-off-on-controversial-brendan-sorsby-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/336296\/","title":{"rendered":"“Hope Texas Tech Loses Every Game”: Former Heisman Winning-QB Sounds Off on Controversial Brendan Sorsby Decision"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NCAA had Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby facing a potential lifetime ban after admitting to a gambling violation. While many folks expected his college playing days to be over, a Lubbock court issued an injunction that threw out the NCAA\u2019s lifetime ban, reducing it to a two-game suspension. That decision hasn\u2019t gone down well in the college football world, and former Heisman winner Cam Newton<\/a> voiced sharp opposition to the decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll put it like this: I hope Texas Tech loses every game,\u201d Cam Newton said on the 4th and 1 Show<\/a> after Judge Ken Curry issued an injunction that completely threw out the NCAA\u2019s initial lifetime ban. \u201cRules are rules. What do we got stop signs for?\u201d<\/p>\n

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The former Carolina Panthers<\/a> gunslinger explicitly stated that this is not a Black or white issue, but rather a simple right-versus-wrong debate about the integrity of the sport. For him, the problem is the dangerous optics of letting a star player bypass absolute rules through legal intervention. Newton finds it completely wrong that powerful programs can bypass absolute rules to let a star play out his final year, planning to \u201crevisit\u201d the issue only after the damage is done.<\/p>\n

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Texas Tech\u2019s Brendan Sorsby looks on during the spring football game, Friday, April 17, 2026, at Jones AT&T Stadium.<\/p>\n

To make matters worse, Newton\u2019s co-host Omari Collins brought up the heartbreaking contrast of former Iowa player Noah Shannon<\/a> in 2023. Shannon reported a small $10 bet on his school\u2019s women\u2019s basketball team, and still had his college football career ended right away, just like that. Collins pointed out the big gap between Shannon\u2019s minor mistake and Sorsby\u2019s much larger betting activity, calling it a clear double standard in college sports.<\/p>\n

Between 2021 and 2025, Sorsby placed more than a thousand bets, totalling over $90,000. Even worse, he placed at least 40 bets on Indiana University\u2019s football team while he was active on their roster as a freshman. According to some recent reports, Sorsby transferred over $60,000 to a friend to bypass detection.<\/p>\n

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Because of this, the NCAA stepped in and gave him the harshest punishment, ruling Sorsby permanently ineligible. He was widely expected to leave college and enter the NFL Supplemental Draft by the June 22 deadline.<\/p>\n

However, his legal team pushed back, saying Sorsby has a mental health condition that led to compulsive gambling. They argued that the NCAA ignored his addiction as something that should reduce his punishment. The judge said that sitting out would cause Sorsby \u201cirreparable injury.\u201d Newton believes Sorsby did it deliberately, knowing the repercussions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact that he has the ability to still play out his last year at Texas Tech and then find a way to say, \u2018Hey, we\u2019re going to revisit this at the end of the season\u2019 when all the damage is done?\u2026 Brendan Sorsby, bro, you\u2019re wrong, bro. And that\u2019s just the facts. You had the rules that you knew you had\u2014bye-bye\u2014and you didn\u2019t do that. So now we\u2019re allowing you to play,\u201d Cam concluded.<\/p>\n

However, Texas Tech\u2019s athletic department believes they are justified.<\/p>\n

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Texas Tech has doubled down on Brendan Sorsby\u2019s situation<\/p>\n

NCAA President Charlie Baker called the ruling \u201ca new low\u201d for college sports. Opposing coaches have voiced outrage. Rival teams were so taken aback that major athletic directors are reportedly discussing a total boycott, mandating their coaches not to schedule Texas Tech in any sport. Even Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark voiced \u201cgreat concern\u201d over the decision. Texas officials also stepped in, warning the Big 12 against punishing Texas Tech for letting Sorsby play.<\/p>\n

Head coach Joey McGuire firmly defended Sorsby, pushing back against critics: \u201cFor some reason, as a society, we\u2019ve been OK with other things that happen and allowing players to play, and this has been the one thing that has united people, that they were against,\u201d McGuire said last week at the Houston<\/a> Touchdown Club. \u201cIt\u2019s crazy because it\u2019s not murder, it\u2019s not beating somebody, so there\u2019s a lot of things that we\u2019re working through. None of this is OK.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joey McGuire argued that turning their backs on a player in his \u201cdarkest times\u201d would be wrong. The school has promised to look after Sorsby. They appointed a specific overseer to account for \u201cevery single penny\u201d of Sorsby\u2019s money. However, the NCAA has still appealed the decision, as they wait for the courts to decide.<\/p>\n

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