It's truly amazing how emotions and "how you feel "determines how hard an individual is going to work and whether or not they're going to keep their nose to the stone to try and obtain a big goal. The circumstances can't dictate the work ethic. You have to have undeniable belief in yourself, every time somebody else gets offered or an opportunity it has nothing to do with you. Stop complaining, get to work and earn it. No one gives a shit if you don't feel right, or you don't feel good about the process. I advise everybody, stop, worrying and stop being so emotional about the recruiting process and the placement process. Especially, when something bad happens and then you need to go curl up on the sofa and cry for an hour. Get over it. Not everyone's gonna like you. It's OK. Wake up, go to work and earn it. If you keep swinging the hammer something good will happen. The only way that this doesn't work as if you quit.
(If this offends you, good)
An obtained letter from Larry Ferazani, General Counsel of the NFL Management Council.
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.
Brendan Sorsby, a former quarterback at Indiana where he placed wagers on games, transferred to Cincinnati where he continued to bet on games, gets caught after going to Texas Tech and a judge in Lubbock County (the home of Texas Tech) can say he’s free to play. The NCAA is WILD
Remember the world will be coming to Pittsburgh this summer as we celebrate Americas 250th…wait, they won’t
PGA Championship
MLB All Star Game
World Cup
The July 4th Epicenter
Meanwhile in Pittsburgh…
Perogi Festival
Back to the kiddie table please