Lubbock Judge Grants Injunction for Brendan Sorsby

[CJ Vogel]

 

[CJ Vogel]

 

[chennups]

Such bs

[MikeyHookEm]

And there’s probably nothing the NCAA can do. 

[Jbro52]

The NCAA has to grow a pair on this one, he doesn’t need to ever step on a college football field again 

Edited 2 hours ago by Jbro52

[HookEmLonghorns]

The entire country is against this. The court of public opinion is united. This is not going to go well for anyone, especially Tech and Sorsby. 

[Hookem1012]

Horseshit

[MBHORNSFAN]

College sports are done if this holds. If you can bet on games you play in their will be so many games thrown. It's over..... 

Edited 2 hours ago by MBHORNSFAN

[BurntOrangeMD]

What should happen next? Remove tortilla tech from the NCAA!

[TTaylor2135]

Disgusting 

[UTexas]

What a damn joke.

[MarkInAustin]

I suppose the NCAA could rule that any game he plays in outside the judicial district of that Lubbock trial court will be a forfeiture by TT if Sorsby is suited up.

 

Edited 2 hours ago by MarkInAustin

[Cajunhorn]

2 minutes ago, MBHORNSFAN said:

College sports are done if this holds. If you can bet on games you play in there will be so many games thrown. It's over..... 

My thoughts exactly. The floodgates have been opened.

[Casey67]

Don’t read too much into this.  It just means the NCAAF can’t ban him until an expedited hearing takes place.  It’s like getting a TRO in a divorce.  It doesn’t mean you did anything.  It means don’t do anything (like check change the locks) until a temporary hearing takes place.  The real question is WHEN this hearing takes place.The NCAAF has a great case for getting a hearing BEFORE the season starts.

EDIT: I dug a little deeper.  Barring an emerging stay, it’s likely he plays.  An appeal on this junction takes a few months.  Ugh.

Edited 2 hours ago by Casey67

[Traves]

This is insane. This could be an additional catalyst to rid the major players in college football to leave the NCAA behind.

[awashbump]

DISGRACEFUL

[MikeyHookEm]

1 minute ago, MarkInAustin said:

I suppose the NCAA could rule that any game he plays in outside the judicial district of that Lubbock trial court will be a forfeiture by TT if Sorsby is suited up.

 

You’re on to something here 

[McCoyColt]

NCAA can deem them ineligible for the playoffs? I hope. If not, this should escalate us moving away from the NCAA

[Brho]

The sport is over. Kids can bet on games they can play in. Open the floodgates to hell. 

[MarkInAustin]

The NCAA as a party is not a Texas resident.  I ask anyone currently practicing trial work why this case was not removed to Federal Court and why venue was properly in Lubbock at all.

[Bunk Moreland]

This is entirely nonsensical to me. Yes, of course Brendan Sorsby will suffer irreparable harm from forfeiting the cash he was about to make from repeatedly and flagrantly violating NCAA rules. That’s like granting a politician who embezzled campaign contributions an injunction because getting kicked out of Congress would cause him “irreparable harm.” 

[MBHORNSFAN]

2 minutes ago, Traves said:

This is insane. This could be an additional catalyst to rid the major players in college football to leave the NCAA behind.

This is not a NCAA decision. The NCAA said he could not play. This is a courts decision. The courts can rule regardless of affilation or league a team is in. 

[HonkEm]

This injunction doesn’t mean Sorsby ‘won’ anything - it just freezes the NCAA’s penalty until a real hearing. It’s the legal equivalent of a divorce judge saying, ‘Nobody change the locks until we talk.’ That’s it.

I would imagine the NCAA is absolutely going to push for that hearing before Week 1, and they’ve got a strong argument because eligibility decisions are time‑sensitive and affect every team, not just Tech.

And if the timing doesn’t work out? The NCAA still has the nuclear option: declare any game he plays in a forfeiture. A Lubbock County judge doesn’t get to dictate eligibility for games in Austin, Norman, Manhattan, Stillwater, or anywhere else in the NCAA footprint.

The bigger picture: if this actually stood long‑term, college football is cooked. You can’t have players betting on games and then hide behind a friendly local court. Every AD, every compliance office, every coach in America is furious about this. Tech and Sorsby just made themselves the poster children for ‘why the sport needs guardrails.’

So no - this isn’t over, and it’s definitely not the win Tech fans think it is.

[hookem1014]

20 minutes ago, CJ Vogel said:

 

Oh no he would have to deal with the consequences of his own actions?

[Horns05]

3 minutes ago, HonkEm said:

This injunction doesn’t mean Sorsby ‘won’ anything - it just freezes the NCAA’s penalty until a real hearing. It’s the legal equivalent of a divorce judge saying, ‘Nobody change the locks until we talk.’ That’s it.

I would imagine the NCAA is absolutely going to push for that hearing before Week 1, and they’ve got a strong argument because eligibility decisions are time‑sensitive and affect every team, not just Tech.

And if the timing doesn’t work out? The NCAA still has the nuclear option: declare any game he plays in a forfeiture. A Lubbock County judge doesn’t get to dictate eligibility for games in Austin, Norman, Manhattan, Stillwater, or anywhere else in the NCAA footprint.

The bigger picture: if this actually stood long‑term, college football is cooked. You can’t have players betting on games and then hide behind a friendly local court. Every AD, every compliance office, every coach in America is furious about this. Tech and Sorsby just made themselves the poster children for ‘why the sport needs guardrails.’

So no - this isn’t over, and it’s definitely not the win Tech fans think it is.

"The NCAA will retain the right to appeal Monday’s ruling. If appealed, the case would go before the Texas Seventh Court of Appeals. Notably, all four justices in the Texas Seventh Court of Appeals are Texas Tech Law graduates."