Bobby Ellman

97.1 Detroit Sports Radio Network Coordinator/Producer |
Host and Creator of Grit Sports Report Podcast |
All things Detroit Sports 🦁🐯🐎🏒 |
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[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

The CFL will not allow Brendan Sorsby to join its league this season.

https://t.co/KEs1nC1Zmn

[Chris Haynes @ChrisBHaynes]

Detroit Pistons are conveying that Jalen Duren will not be moved and are solely focused on coming to terms on an agreement to keep their All-Star center, league sources tell me.

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

Just in: The Oklahoma City Thunder are trading sharpshooter Isaiah Joe to the Detroit Pistons for two future second-round picks, sources tell ESPN.

[𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔇𝔢𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔦𝔱 𝔗𝔦𝔪𝔢𝔰 📰 @the_det_times]

WELCOME TO DETROIT, EBUKA 🔥

[Michigan Men's Basketball @umichbball]

Ann Arbor ➡️ San Francisco

The @warriors select @Yaxel_Lendeborg with the 11th pick in the 2026 NBA Draft!

[NCAA March Madness @MarchMadnessMBB]

Another National Champion finds a new home 🏠

The Warriors pick up Yaxel Lendeborg 👏

[NCAA March Madness @MarchMadnessMBB]

Morez Johnson Jr. and Dusty May reunite in Dallas 〽️

The National Champion joins the Mavericks at pick No. 9 🤩 #NBADraft

[Herd w/Colin Cowherd @TheHerd]

"Probably best to just take an L and get his act together. Brendan Sorsby has nobody to blame but himself... Suing the NFL, probably not that sharp."

@colincowherd reacts to breaking news that the NFL will NOT hold a supplemental draft this year

[Pete Thamel @PeteThamel]

Brendan Sorsby's attorney, Jeffrey Kessler, tells ESPN of the NFL's decision to not hold a supplemental draft: "It is a violation of the CBA and the law. We will pursue this immediately with the NFLPA."

[Ian Rapoport @RapSheet]

Here is the letter from the NFL’s Management Council to Brendan Sorsby:

Dear Mr. Sorsby:

We are in receipt of your Petition for Special Eligibility, dated June 16, 2026 (“Petition”).  As announced earlier today, the League has elected not to conduct a Supplemental Draft this year.

Under our Collective Bargaining Agreement, the League retains sole discretion to determine whether it is appropriate to conduct a Supplemental Draft in any given year. The League has not conducted such a draft for several years and, prior to your submission, the League had no plans to do so this year, as no other player has sought entry. Your Petition—filed three business days before the deadline, without any supporting information or documentation, and only after abandoning your recent litigation efforts to avoid NCAA sanctions—does not provide a basis for the League to alter those plans. The issues presented by your Petition are too significant, and too closely tied to the League’s core integrity interests, to permit meaningful review within the timeline presented.

The sole reasons identified in your Petition for seeking entry into the Supplemental Draft are that you have been “declared ineligible” by the NCAA, have “exhausted all of [your] avenues to continue in the NCAA,” and “want to now play in the NFL.” The Petition provides no information regarding the basis for, or timing of, the NCAA’s decision. Public sources, however, indicate that in May 2026 the NCAA issued a determination declaring you permanently ineligible from participation in college athletics, based on a sustained pattern of improper gambling activity during your collegiate career at three different universities.

The League does not have the complete record of the NCAA’s investigation, and you did not provide any such materials with your Petition. Available information nonetheless indicates that, over the course of your collegiate career, you knowingly engaged in repeated and significant violations of NCAA rules designed to preserve the integrity of athletic competition. Reported conduct includes placing wagers on your own team and teammates and, to avoid detection, establishing or funding accounts in the names of intermediaries who placed bets on your behalf. There are also reports that you may have violated state criminal law.

Your Petition does not address these matters. Nor does it demonstrate accountability for your conduct or indicate whether, or how, you would adhere to the League’s rules and policies governing the integrity of competition. Instead, even after receiving notice of the NCAA’s decision rescinding your college eligibility in May, you sought to avoid the consequences of that determination through litigation rather than accepting responsibility for your actions, and you pursued entry into the NFL only after abandoning those efforts.

As Commissioner Goodell has emphasized, participation in the NFL is a privilege that carries with it significant responsibilities, including accountability. By all accounts, you are a talented player with the potential for future success. We encourage you to focus on preparing for possible entry into the NFL through the 2027 NFL Annual Draft.

Sincerely,
Lawrence P. Ferazani, Jr.

[Bobby Ellman @BobbyFootball75]

HUGE NEWS

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

Just in: NFL is declining to hold a supplemental draft this summer, currently leaving the 2027 Draft as the only way for QB Brendan Sorsby to enter the NFL.

A letter is being sent to Sorsby, and to all 32 NFL teams, to inform them of the league’s decision.

The league continues to try to show it has little tolerance for gambling issues.

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

Just in: NFL is declining to hold a supplemental draft this summer, currently leaving the 2027 Draft as the only way for QB Brendan Sorsby to enter the NFL.

A letter is being sent to Sorsby, and to all 32 NFL teams, to inform them of the league’s decision.

The league continues to try to show it has little tolerance for gambling issues.

[Pride of Detroit @PrideOfDetroit]

Sam LaPorta is down at TEU this week.

[Detroit Lions @Lions]

Training Camp is around the corner

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

KYLIAN MBAPPE THAT IS SENSATIONAL!

[Bobby Ellman @BobbyFootball75]

RT @FOXSports: Another Record Broken. Messi breaks Miroslav Klose's for most wins ever at the Men's FIFA World Cup 🇦🇷 https://t.co/SaDLP2CH…

[FOX Sports @FOXSports]

All the angles of Leo Messi's 18th FIFA World Cup goal, two clear of Miroslav Klose on the all-time men's leaderboard 🇦🇷

[Bobby Ellman @BobbyFootball75]

HISTORY IS MADE

[Ian Rapoport @RapSheet]

Messi is unbelievable.

[ESPN @espn]

One of the best to ever do it, Lionel Andrés Messi 🐐