Texas Tech's Brendan Sorsby files injunction, seeks eligibility - ESPN

Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby, who has sought treatment for a gambling addiction, has filed for an injunction against the NCAA on Monday, seeking his college eligibility for the 2026 college football season.

The filing, made in district court in Lubbock County, Texas, cites the NCAA's «deeply hypocritical» position on gambling and a «wholesale abandonment of its obligations and duties to promote the well-being» of Sorsby.

The NCAA prohibits student-athletes from betting on any NCAA-sanctioned sport, professional or collegiate. Penalties can include permanent ineligibility, especially in cases in which athletes wagered on their own team or manipulated their performance.

Sorsby, who has prominent attorneys Jeffrey Kessler and Scott Tompsett as part of his legal team, is «currently ineligible to play for Texas Tech due to prior violations of the NCAA's sports gambling rules» and would be «irreparably harmed» if the injunction isn't granted. The NCAA has yet to make any public decisions or declarations on Sorsby's status.

The filing says Sorsby suffers from a «clinically diagnosed» gambling disorder, which is «a mental health condition.»

«The NCAA has weaponized his condition to shore up a facade of competitive integrity, while simultaneously profiting from the very gambling ecosystem it polices,» the filing states.

Among the claims for declaratory relief in the suit is a request under Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code for the NCAA to be «precluded from enforcing its gambling bylaws against Mr. Sorsby to deny or withhold his reinstatement.» It requests that he be eligible to «participate fully» for Texas Tech in 2026, including games. It requests any NCAA action to the contrary be «void and unenforceable.»

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