Court’s Absurd Decision Further Neuters the NCAA

The NCAA occasionally talks a big game, but more often than not, is proven to be weak. That once again was demonstrated tenfold on Monday morning when a Texas Court issued a temporary injunction allowing Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby to play during the 2026 season.

If you’ve been living under a rock, Sorsby was ruled permanently ineligible after it was found that he has gambled continuously on college football games during his time at Indiana and Cincinnati. And not random games, many of them were on games that he was playing in. The NCAA made the correct decision by imposing a lifetime ban, but the Court decided otherwise.

The Court’s decision is idiotic. Sorsby did something that everyone knew was wrong. And he did it often and repeatedly. However, because Sorsby’s attorneys were able to demonstrate “that he will suffer a probable, imminent, and irreparable injury” the Court issued the injunction.

Would Sorsby suffer from a suspension? Obviously, he would, but that isn’t the point. He would have suffered because he did something that was very wrong and that is what should happen in situations like this. And not to beat a dead horse, but he did something wrong repeatedly. It wasn’t as if he gambled on a game once, he made an estimated 2,900 bets totaling at least $90,000.

This is the definition of having a gambling problem. And what the Court did was justify it.

As for the NCAA, this ruling magnifies its downfall. Public perception of the NCAA has hit an all-time low, with fans, athletes, and legal experts viewing it as a toothless and outdated. Once the absolute ruler of college athletics, the NCAA has been stripped of its core authority.

College athletics needs an authority figure, but today further proved that it won’t be the NCAA.