{"id":647328,"date":"2026-05-16T20:25:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T20:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/647328\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T20:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T20:25:12","slug":"brendan-sorsby-seeks-expedited-resolution-to-ncaa-eligibility-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/647328\/","title":{"rendered":"Brendan Sorsby seeks expedited resolution to NCAA eligibility question"},"content":{"rendered":"

The clock is ticking for Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby. Which is prompting Sorsby to seek answers, sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n

Via Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports, Sorsby\u2019s lawyers have requested from the NCAA an expedited resolution<\/a> to his attempt to have his eligibility reinstated. The attorneys, per the report, also told the NCAA that a legal challenge is \u201cimminent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sorsby\u2019s status fell into uncertainty over an apparent gambling addiction, which prompted him to seek in-patient treatment. Two weeks ago, reports surfaced that Sorsby has hired attorney Jeffrey Kessler<\/a> to assist with his effort to move his football career forward.<\/p>\n

The stakes are high. Sorsby has a seven-figure NIL deal, premised on playing college football in 2026. If he\u2019s not going to be permitted to play college football, he needs to have a fair chance to timely apply for the NFL\u2019s supplemental draft.<\/p>\n

Addictions often result in specific behaviors that create tangible consequences. Sorsby must balance his willingness to accept fair consequences for his behavior with his right to show that he has resolved the situation and deserves an opportunity to continue his career, at one level or another.<\/p>\n

A delay could result in Sorsby ending up in football purgatory for 2026. He\u2019s entitled to know quickly whether the NCAA will or won\u2019t let him play. Then, he\u2019s entitled to fair treatment from the NFL, which hopefully won\u2019t give in to the temptation to find a way to freeze Sorsby out in order to placate the NCAA.<\/p>\n

When Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor entered the supplemental draft in 2011, the league selected an outcome that simulated the NCAA\u2019s suspension of Pryor and then worked backward to justify it. If\/when Sorsby enters the supplemental draft, he should receive a clean slate and a fair shake to be drafted and then to compete.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The clock is ticking for Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby. Which is prompting Sorsby to seek answers, sooner…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":647329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-647328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}