QB Brendan Sorsby’s Injunction Hearing Date Set

According to Pete Nakos of On3, “Sorsby’s eligibility case has been assigned a temporary hearing” set to take place June 1. The date works well for Sorsby, who has requested a timeline that would allow him to hear a final decision in time to potentially declare for the NFL Supplemental Draft. The deadline to declare is June 22.

The case experienced a slight delay already when the judge originally assigned to the case, Judge Phillip Hays, recused himself, per Ryan Autollo of Bloomberg Law, based on the fact that he holds two degrees from Texas Tech and grew up in the area. Judge Ken Curry, a retired judge in Tarrant County over in Houston, was assigned to replace him yesterday, per Nakos. His degrees from UTSA and Houston made him less likely to approach the case with any inherent bias. Since retiring, Curry has continued to work as a visiting judge for Tarrant County.

Sorsby’s legal team is led by prestigious antitrust attorney Jeffrey Kessler, famed for his impact on cases touching all areas of the sports world like NIL, equal pay for the US Women’s National Soccer Team, and both the “Bountygate” and “Deflategate” controversies. If granted, Sorsby’s injunction could “feasibly allow him to play out the 2026 college football season” during the NCAA’s investigation. Sorsby’s team leaned on “potential damage to (Sorsby)’s mental health” as a precedent for the injunction.

Sorsby is fighting for his eligibility after the Red Raiders placed the transfer quarterback from Cincinnati on an “indefinite leave of absence” due to a gambling addiction. Sorsby’s team has admitted that the passer has placed “thousands” of sports bets since 2022, including several on a team he played for at the time he placed the bet. The NCAA has set guidelines that would potentially remove a student athlete’s eligibility permanently if they were to bet on their own sport or other sports at their own school. Sorsby has shelled out for the best representation money can buy in his situation, and they’re trying to move things quickly to set him up for whatever the courts decide.