Sarah Schwintz

wife, mom of three, mentor, teacher, higher education leader, Texas Tech Red Raider, yogi, and traveler!

[Sarah Schwintz @scarriso]

Advice for successfully finishing your dissertation https://t.co/GU4KKz1KqP

[Cameron Dole @CameronDole]

I’m going to say the part everybody keeps trying to smother with soft lighting and school-colored spin:

This Texas Tech defense of Brendan Sorsby is not noble.

It is not brave.

It is not some deeply moving stand for second chances.

It is a beautifully produced excuse factory with a quarterback depth chart attached.

And I’m sorry, but some of us still remember when gambling was the one line sports absolutely, positively did not let you tap dance across.

Baseball knew it.

Basketball knew it.

Football knew it.

College athletics knew it.

Every athlete who has ever sat through a compliance meeting knows it.

You do not bet on games.

You certainly do not bet on games connected to your own program.

That is not complicated. That is not hidden in fine print. That is not some NCAA mystery written in invisible ink and stored behind a locked filing cabinet in Indianapolis.

That is Day One stuff.

That is “don’t touch the stove” stuff.

That is “the bridge is out” stuff.

And now Texas Tech wants everyone to gather around, dab our eyes, admire the production quality, and pretend this is really about compassion?

No.

Compassion is helping Brendan Sorsby get well.

Compassion is making sure he has treatment, accountability, support, and people around him who care more about his soul than his stat line.

Compassion is not pretending the rulebook suddenly caught a stomach virus because the quarterback room got uncomfortable.

That’s not grace.

That’s roster management wearing a halo.

And that’s where this whole thing starts smelling like a booster-club candle called “Selective Accountability.”

Because let’s be painfully honest.

If this were a third-string offensive guard from a school ESPN only mentions during weather delays, there would be no emotional video. No moral campaign. No carefully scripted institutional defense. No dramatic music. No “we stand with our guy” tour.

There would be a violation.

There would be a consequence.

There would be silence.

But because it’s a quarterback who can help win games, suddenly the red line needs context, therapy lighting, and a legal team.

Nope.

Wrong.

Try again.

Sports cannot survive if gambling violations become public-relations projects.

The integrity of the game cannot depend on how many boosters are nervous.

Rules cannot only apply to the guys who are not talented enough to become inconvenient.

And second chances do not have to include first-team reps.

I hope Brendan Sorsby gets help. Truly. I hope he heals. I hope he grows. I hope five years from now this is a painful chapter in a much better story.

But he does not need NCAA eligibility to become whole.

He does not need a starting job to be supported.

He does not need the rest of college football to pretend that a clear line was suddenly blurry just because Texas Tech found a camera crew and a sympathetic script.

Sometimes love tells the truth.

Sometimes support still says no.

Sometimes consequences are not cruelty.

And sometimes the most compassionate thing anyone can do is stop treating accountability like it’s a disease we need to cure.

You crossed the line.

Now the line has to matter.

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[Sarah Schwintz @scarriso]

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Advice for successfully finishing your dissertation https://t.co/GU4KKz1KqP

[Texas Tech College of Education @TTUEducation]

Sarah Schwintz's dissertation defense presentation, "The Correlation between Financial Support and College Student Attrition: A Quantitative Study" will be June 24th at 11am:

[CaptianGoodHair @CaptianGoodHair]

Not only am I getting a PhD, I'm having a PhD... today #PrettyHairDay

[Sarah Schwintz @scarriso]

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4,155 attendees? #NACADA15

[Men's Humor @MensHumor]

When you see who your ex is with now...

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[Amy McBride Heard, PhD @AmyMHeard]

The @TexasTech campus community is a part of @TechAthletics student-athlete success. We appreciate you! #WreckEm

[Raider Red 🌵 @TTURaiderRed]

Anyone else ready for football season?! #wreckem 👆🏈

[Davis Webb @Davis_Webb5]

Spring Ball starts Tomorrow! #WreckEm thank goodness we got rid of the Blue QB jerseys and got Red. @TTU_EQUIPMENT

[Texas Tech Baseball @TTU_Baseball]

FINAL
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"Man the towers, Ring the bells!!!"
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[Sarah Schwintz @scarriso]

@ryancachegibbs that sounds gross but delicious

[Sarah Schwintz @scarriso]

Food baby in my belly, wish I was taking a nap or at Minute Maid Park right now

[Sarah Schwintz @scarriso]

@rob_schreier oh broder....I got sick, sick, something nasty this weekend, virus or something...watched a lot of b-ball!

[Sarah Schwintz @scarriso]

@rob_schreier what's up bobalink?