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@JacksonBig12 Judges are not perfect, courts make mistakes, you are allowed to find other means for justice

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@CoachKnowsBall Tech has the ability to not play Sorsby, if they believed in the integrity of the game they wouldn’t let him play

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@jaylassoku Least obvious brainrot rage bait

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@TexasZachIsBack @dannykanell I disagree but let’s say you’re right, this sets the precedent that players can bet and get away with it. That without a doubt will affect the integrity of the sport.

[David Burge @iowahawkblog]

I'm not sure Texas Tech is really getting this. Had they just been that scrappy underdog school on the plains with a wacky oil billionaire alumnus who showered them with millions to out-recruit the "blue bloods," I and everybody else would be high-fiving them with glee.

But this Sorsby thing is straight up taking a ginormous shit in the punchbowl. Nobody resents you winning, or paying your team well, it's that you are making excuses for someone who committed the ultimate sin in sports. And no, other teams aren't threatening to boycott you because they're "afraid of you," it's that by taking your giant shit in the punchbowl, you effectively voted yourself off the island.

[Mark Schipper - 5th Down CFB @5thDownCFB]

1. He bet on games in which he was a rostered member of the team and had insider knowledge of the program. It's less sinister than betting on games in which he was starting QB, but still a disqualifying decision—particularly after placing thousands of bets

2. Okay, he's not a Texas Tech alum or Lubbock guy, he's a Texas lifer. At any rate, clearly a friendly court for a CFB program in Texas

3. Texas Tech did nothing wrong!? Tech has known about Sorsby's gambling since April and had every intention of playing him. When the NCAA rightly suspended him, Tech backed the play to try to get a judge to overrule the NCAA
Tech can end its association with Sorsby at any time. Sorsby is not a victim, nor is Tech. They have full agency in everything they've done

[🦆 B1G Duck Energy 🦆 @B1GDuckEnergyy]

Steve Sarkisian seeing everyone else hate on Texas Tech now

[CFB Stan @UT4x_champs]

To be clear, this is what the Texas Tech people are deluding themselves into believing: that any other school would be doing the same thing that they’re doing.

Brother, Iowa State’s in your conference and banished Hunter Dekkers for far less.

Texas Tech is morally bankrupt.

[🏆 champion babar 🏆 @babaresq]

At no point in this order does the judge mention Sorsby’s likelihood of success on the merits nor how this serves the public interest— both of which must be proven to receive an injunction.

NCAA’s appeal is a layup.

[Ralph Amsden @ralphamsden]

Where were you the day Texas Tech became Serbia in College Football World War 1?

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@KordellCaldwell @CFBTalkDaily @NicoleAuerbach It wouldn’t be gambling specific, I think all they need is a supermajority of membership to sanction a member school

[Horn Takes Podcast @HornTakes]

Why is everyone mad at the NCAA? They ruled Sorsby ineligible.

Be mad at the judge that granted the injunction.

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@bmarcello Missing those games wouldn’t be as bad to those networks as every fan thinking the games are rigged

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@notthefakeDNP It’s the corrupt judges fault, but mostly Tech. Rules for thee but not for me

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@KordellCaldwell @CFBTalkDaily @NicoleAuerbach They will more likely use Big 12 membership bylaws to punish Tech IMO, I do not think this is anywhere close to finished

[Matthew Auchincloss @matthew_auch]

Fantastic from Nicole.

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@RHULEROFNEB ***corrupt judges combined with NCAA incompetence

[Dan Wolken @DanWolken]

Texas judge Ken Curry said Brendan Sorsby would suffer “irreparable harm” if he wasn’t allowed to play for Texas Tech.

Yeah, that’s exactly the point, you dummy. Good job ruining the integrity of sports.

Column for @yahoosports https://t.co/3ApfO1EurF

[College Football Nerds @CFBNerds]

Personal opinion (as a partner in a major law firm) - this says more about elected state judiciaries than the state of college football, in my opinion.

Utterly bonkers. A cursory decision with seemingly no weight to the (immense) harm to national sports.

[Wilson F. Ball @WillyFoosball]

Here’s what Tech did:

The took a player who admitted to betting on his own team and instead of accepting the (reasonable) ruling of him being ineligible to play, they supported his lawsuit to overturn that ruling.

Doing so, they knew it being overturned or getting an injunction establishes a precedent that the rules, especially around betting on one’s team, don’t matter.

It inherently violates the integrity of the sport and meanwhile their mega donor is using it to push his agenda for federal legislation. All the while them all saying it is in support of the mental health of Sorsby.

But in reality they are using him to push agendas are make him a national pariah which can directly hurt his mental health.

That’s why people are upset