Texas Tech and Sorsby have no shame.

[Roy Hinojosa]

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[Joe Zura]

 

[Lock n Horns]

Lubbock is the moral compass of college athletics!

[HookEmLonghorns]

Texas Tech getting deep into the sunken cost fallacy 

[CJ Vogel]

They're doing what any school would do after a $6M investment gone wrong.

[Colby TS]

I hope I’m wrong, but I think Sorsby will end up winning this in court and play the entire season for Tech.

[harveycmd]

Just now, Colby TS said:

I hope I’m wrong, but I think Sorsby will end up winning this in court and play the entire season for Tech.

I doubt this is true. Every sports league, conference, association, whatever you call it, has rules against players gambling. This is not about the right to make money like all the other cases the NCAA has lost.

[Colby TS]

11 minutes ago, harveycmd said:

I doubt this is true. Every sports league, conference, association, whatever you call it, has rules against players gambling. This is not about the right to make money like all the other cases the NCAA has lost.

Oh, I fully agree with you. But like Bobby somewhat pointed out a few weeks ago about the lawyer taking the case — the guy is a killer in the courtroom. He’s not going to take a case unless he sees a path to win. And when he was betting on his own team in 2022, he wasn’t even legally allowed to gamble.

I know the courts are supposed to be unbiased, but come on — a judge in Lubbock will be overseeing the injunction. I could definitely see it swinging Sorsby’s way.

But at the same time, this sure seems like it should be a fairly open-and-shut case based on the precedents already set in previous rulings, like the Iowa State players’ betting scandal.

Edited 12 minutes ago by Colby TS

[Bobby Burton]

I 100-percent agree with the headline of this post.

[harveycmd]

Just now, Colby TS said:

Oh, I fully agree with you. But like Bobby somewhat pointed out a few weeks ago about the lawyer taking the case — the guy is a killer in the courtroom. He’s not going to take a case unless he sees a path to win. And when he was betting on his own team in 2022, he wasn’t even legally allowed to gamble.

I know the courts are supposed to be unbiased, but come on — a judge in Lubbock will be overseeing the injunction. I could definitely see it swinging Sorsby’s way.

This is a federal court, not a state court in which the judge is elected. Even if the judge miraculously made the incorrect ruling, it would immediately be appealed to the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans (the appellant court that has jurisdiction of Texas in federal court) and overturned. 

Who the lawyer is doesn't matter in this case. There's no legal ground or precedent for Sorsby to legitimately argue. Most lawyers will take a case to make money even if they know they can't win. 

[Lnghrn]

The integrity of the game is on the line if he’s allowed to play.  It sets a bad precedent if he’s allowed to play as it has far reaching implications to professional and college sports.   Given the number of games this Sorsby bet on he obviously has a gambling issue. I watched the Cincinnati game vs BYU last year.  The guy made some bad interceptions.  Makes me wonder if the guy had money on the game. 

[Tres Comas]

[Colby TS]

7 minutes ago, harveycmd said:

This is a federal court, not a state court in which the judge is elected. Even if the judge miraculously made the incorrect ruling, it would immediately be appealed to the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans (the appellant court that has jurisdiction of Texas in federal court) and overturned. 

Who the lawyer is doesn't matter in this case. There's no legal ground or precedent for Sorsby to legitimately argue. Most lawyers will take a case to make money even if they know they can't win. 

Oh interesting, I wouldn’t know the first thing about the court system, so I didn’t realize it would be in federal court and not state court. Is that also how it works when players ask for another year of eligibility? Does that go through federal court too, or state court?