NEW: Texas AG Ken Paxton sent a formal letter to Big 12 officials threatening legal action if the conference moves to sanction Texas Tech over its support of QB Brendan Sorsby.
(via @PeteNakos)
https://t.co/aGynKGsVJo
Under Texas law, courts defer to the internal affairs and rules of private associations and will not substitute the court’s judgment for the association's decision (such as membership revocation, rule-making, or expulsion) unless the association failed to follow its own bylaws or acted in bad faith. So how does Texas Tech get around that? ⬇️
It’s one of the single biggest boneheaded plays I’ve ever seen and it was glossed over on the broadcast.
I immediately thought of Duke in March Madness.
No one has a right to play CFB. Schools and conferences could cut out so much of the B.S. going on in the sports if they simply took action and agreed to a level of disarmament and cooperation.
All Texas Tech has to do is say they are making the decision to not play Sorsby this season out of respect for the integrity of the game. It’s not hard. Sorsby doesn’t have a right to play CFB and Texas Tech doesn’t have an obligation to play him.
NEW: USC football is promoting Conor McQuiston to Director of AI, @PeteNakos and @whalexander_ confirm👨💻
McQuiston will build AI models using program data to identify competitive advantages in everything from game planning to scouting.
https://t.co/A3lrmhuoqo
We can have flawed congressional oversight or we can have this.
We aren’t going back to the world we grew up in so the path forward is the best of bad options. Give me congressional oversight.
Per court: "This court finds that applicant has demonstrated that he will suffer a probable, imminent, and irreparable injury if this court does not issue this temporary injunction because he will be unable to participate as a member of Texas Tech University's 2026 football team."
In the inaugural episode of ‘This Was SportsCenter’, Dan Patrick joined the show and told the story of the role he had in the origin of the “This Is SportsCenter” series of commercials… and reveals to us which of his MANY appearances in these commercials was his favorite:
It's a huge problem for the Democrat Party that you take one look at the men they run for elected office and just know that they couldn't name a single obscure wide receiver from the early 2000s.
Exclusive to @YahooSports: Sens. Ted Cruz & Maria Cantwell detail their groundbreaking legislation:
*1X transfer
*5-yr eligibility/pro player ban
*hard cap
*5% max agent fee
*"Lane Kiffin Rule"
*optional pooling of TV rights
*prohibits "super league"
More-
https://t.co/Kva5gesC5l
Greg Sankey got played.
He forced a 9-game conference schedule and then the Big Ten moved the goalposts.
Sankey should immediately pivot back to an 8-game schedule until there is uniformity from at least the Big Ten and ideally the P4.
NEW: SEC coaches say they were "misled" about 9-game league schedule. They were told playoff would expand to 16 teams if they agreed. It didn’t 👀
"They felt misled," Florida's Jon Sumrall said.
The latest from SEC spring meetings
https://t.co/3ypnRlLmGt
NEW: Majority of SEC athletic directors polled by On3 prefer more teams than Greg Sankey’s 16-team College Football Playoff model🏆
(via @Brett_McMurphy)
View: https://t.co/LlIzGKascM
@slmandel Yes. Spending 5-6 figures in the same as spending hundreds of millions every year on a majority of sports that lost money even pre-NIL. Very intellectually consistent.