40 Bets on His Own Team and Brendan Sorsby Is Eligible: What the Hell Are We Even Watching?

You gotta be kidding me. You absolutely, positively have to be kidding me. A judge just dropped a ruling that makes you wonder if anyone in college sports cares about integrity anymore. Brendan Sorsby, the Texas Tech quarterback who admitted to making thousands of bets on sports, including 40 on his own darn team, is eligible to play this season. I'm not even talking about the Mariners’ early season form, or the Seahawks getting ready for another run, I'm talking about the bedrock of what we watch! This isn't just a bad call, this is a gut punch to anyone who believes in fair play.

Integrity? What Integrity?

The reaction from around college sports is unanimous, and it should be! How can we, as fans who bleed green and blue, trust what we’re seeing out there on the field when something like this happens? ACC commissioner Jim Phillips called this a “his a horrendous pattern” that's 𠇎roding the integrity of our process.” You hear that? Eroding the integrity! A Big 12 athletic director told ESPN they were 𠇍isgusted,” adding that “We officially lost our soul.” Lost our soul! Think about that for a second. Even TCU coach Sonny Dykes weighed in, asking, “How is anyone ever going to trust the outcome of a game again?” He’s not wrong! When you’ve got guys betting on their own games, it’s hard to believe what’s happening out there is on the up and up. This is the kind of stuff that makes you question everything.

Schools Are Drawing a Line in the Sand

But thankfully, some folks are fighting back. Georgia wasn't messing around, forbidding their teams from playing Texas Tech. That's a strong move, an example for other schools to follow. Three Big Ten sources say their officials are ready to discuss a league-wide mandate to not schedule Texas Tech in any regular season sports. Nebraska AD Troy Dannen has already said his school’s teams aren't allowed to schedule the Red Raiders. Florida AD Scott Stricklin was “stunned,” and he even brought up Major League Baseball's 1919 𠇋lack Sox Scandal” and Pete Rose! He said it himself: “if you're going to participate, you can't gamble, especially on your own team.” That’s a fundamental tenet of American sports, right? TCU athletic director Mike Buddie and Kansas State AD Gene Taylor confirmed there's already informal chatter in their league about not playing Texas Tech this year. Buddie said they 𠇊ntipate having conversations surrounding it.” Good. They need to!

So, what now? Big 12 athletic directors are having a conference call Tuesday with commissioner Brett Yormark, who confirmed meetings are happening this week. He admits the ruling's ramifications are “significant and could have broad impacts.” The NCAA is expected to appeal the order in the next 24-48 hours. Let's hope they do, and that common sense, and the integrity of the game we all love, prevails. This is a sad day for sports, and everyone, from our Sounders on the pitch to the Mariners at T-Mobile Park, and the Seahawks gearing up at Lumen Field, deserves to know the games they play and watch are fair.

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