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Attorneys for Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby have requested for an expedited resolution on determining whether or not Sorsby’s eligibility will be reinstated. Sorsby is currently under investigation for gambling allegations, and his lawyers have made it clear that a legal challenge is imminent.

This is coming from a BYU fan who has never placed a bet in his life. If the NCAA permanently bans Brendan Sorsby, I will be disgusted. Not because gambling rules don’t matter. They do. Not because athletes should be allowed to bet on college sports. They shouldn’t. But because there is a massive difference between protecting the integrity of the game and destroying a young man’s life over an addiction he is now getting treatment for. By all current reporting, Sorsby did not bet on games he played in, did not bet against his own team, and there is no allegation that he tried to influence an outcome. Meanwhile, college football has spent years finding ways for players with far uglier off-field issues to return to the field. And the same college sports ecosystem that lectures athletes about gambling has become increasingly entangled with sportsbooks, betting content, official data deals, and gambling-adjacent money. So yes, punish him. Fine him. Suspend him. Require treatment. Require education. Put guardrails around him. But a permanent ban? That would not be justice. That would be the NCAA trying to look righteous by punishing him for participating in the exact betting culture that they have contributed in building. I stand with Brendan.