NCAA lays out its case for Brendan Sorsby’s banishment

On Monday, lawyers representing the NCAA and Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby will convene in a Texas courtroom to argue the question of whether Sorsby’s eligibility to play college football should be temporarily reinstated.

NCAA lays out its case for Brendan Sorsby’s banishment. On Monday, lawyers representing the NCAA and Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby will convene in a Texas courtroom to argue the question of whether Sorsby’s eligibility to play college football should be temporarily reinstated. For now, the NCAA has articulated its position in a document filed on Friday with the judge who will decide the question. As noted by Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports, the NCAA’s legal brief explains that permitting Sorsby to compete would make it “ the first and only major sports league in America to allow an athlete to compete after betting on his own games .” That allegation traces to the fact that Sorsby made at least 40 bets on the Indiana football team and/or specific Indiana players when he played for Indiana. The only caveat offered by Sorsby’s side is...