Sorsby placed at least 40 bets on Indiana football as Hoosiers QB - ESPN

Brendan Sorsby placed at least 40 bets involving Indiana football as a quarterback for the Hoosiers, used sportsbook accounts registered to a family member and friends to wager approximately $90,000 over four years, and continued to gamble after transferring from Cincinnati to Texas Tech in December, according to court documents filed Friday.

The documents, filed by Sorsby's legal team in district court in Lubbock, Texas, reveal new details about how the quarterback transferred large sums of money to friends to fund his betting.

Sorsby has been diagnosed with a gambling and anxiety disorder and recently completed a 35-day stint in an Arizona gambling rehabilitation center, according to his attorneys. He is asking for a temporary injunction against the NCAA to maintain his college eligibility. A hearing is scheduled Monday in Lubbock.

«It became a habit for me to bet,» Sorsby wrote in a statement to the NCAA. «My betting became a compulsion which made it virtually impossible to resist the constant notifications I received from betting apps. I lost complete control of my addiction. I now realize the apps controlled me and I did not control them.»

ESPN reported Tuesday that the NCAA denied Sorsby's request to be reinstated. Texas Tech appealed the decision on Friday.

Sorsby's attorneys are asking the NCAA to treat his gambling addiction like any other mental health condition and mitigate his penalty for making the bets. He currently is facing permanent ineligibility. Sorsby agreed to continue receiving treatment and monitoring after returning to Texas Tech; complete gambling education classes; and work in conjunction with the NCAA to educate other student-athletes about the dangers of gambling.

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