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Brenden Sorsby- The Gambling Addiction

rsa coral gables said:
this is crazy. a clear violation of rules. the order seems to be a prescription for therapy. never seen anything like it. home cooking boys.

i don't think the appeals court will hear this on time and if they do that it will help.
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In the tweet I posted above it states that the timeline will be after season so by that time no one cares..

Ill quote full tweet here

As a veteran Texas litigator who has fought my fair share of TRO/TI battles, several things to be aware of regarding the temporary injunction order issued to allow Brendan Sorsby to play for Texas Tech this season: (1) The temporary injunction obtained by Sorsby is valid through the date of trial. So by setting the trial date for after the college football season ends the Lubbock County state district court effectively awards Sorsby ultimate relief; he can play the full season under the TI, excluding only the first two games carved out in the text of the TI order.
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(2) In Texas a TI is subject to immediate (“interlocutory”) appeal. The appeal will go to the 7th Court of Appeals in Amarillo, Texas.
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(3) The problem with the appeal is that even an accelerated appeal of the TI order is likely to take at least 9 to 12 months, meaning the college football season will be long over before the Amarillo Court of Appeals affirms or vacates the TI.
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(4) The only way the interlocutory appeal of the TI order gets resolved before the college football season ends is if the Amarillo Court of Appeals orders expedited briefings and decides the appeal “on the papers” without oral argument. But even such an expedited appeal is likely to run well into the college football season.
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(5) At bottom, as Diego Pavia and now Brendan Sorsby illustrate, these sort of emergency injunctive proceedings are a huge problem for the NCAA: hometown judges (in Texas elected at the county level) err on the side of granting the TI to allow the key player to play for Hometown U, and the college football season is much shorter than the appellate process. So the preliminary ruling on the emergency injunction effectively decides the entire case and, if granted, allows the player to play a full season.
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You’d think soresbet is the next coming of tom Brady and Peyton manning’s clone child with how much palm greasing and shaft cranking Texas lawyers and judges are doing….

But nah, all of this corrupt bull**** for a 4th round at best degenerate gambler. Truly desperate times in the pursuit of winning something of worth out of that state for the first time in over 20 years.
 
rsa coral gables said:
this is crazy. a clear violation of rules. the order seems to be a prescription for therapy. never seen anything like it. home cooking boys.

i don't think the appeals court will hear this on time and if they do that it will help.
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So many levels of insanity in this.

1. The judge (who is NOT a Texas Tech alum, though the first judge was, and he recused himself) has been RETIRED since 2012 and is only a "visiting" judge. For good or bad, he does not have to answer for voters, nor will he really feel the sting of being reversed on appeal. In short, this judge doesn't give a **** about anyone or anything.

2. There is next to nothing in the TRO about whether Sorsby has a likelihood of prevailing on the merits during a full trial. Which is SUPPOSED TO BE a requirement of a TRO. Sure, the judge told us all about the irreparable harm that could befall poor Brandon Sorsby. But absolutely NOTHING about Sorsby's likelihood of prevailing on the merits (and, in fact, ignoring the NCAA's loooooong history of actually winning these gambling eligibilty cases).

3. The ONLY thing the injunction says that comes anywhere close to dealing with Item # 2 above is to say "the Applicant has demonstrated a probable right to the relief he seeks on his claims for breach of contract, declaratory judgment, breach of duty of good faith and fair dealing, and breach of fiduciary duty". Nowhere does it say that Sorsby is likely to prevail on the merits of having his gambling suspension overturned.

4. Keep in mind, this TRO only applies to the NCAA. The CFP, which is not in fact the NCAA, can do whatever it chooses to do. So the CFP can choose not to rank Texas Tech. If it so chooses.

5. In theory, this whole TRO could fall apart if Sorsby fails on any of the Page 3 conditions. I mean, it probably won't happen. Certainly, every single person who has ever gone to rehab has followed through with every element, without relapsing, right? And who in the **** is going to monitor Item #2, which is Sorsby's participation in Gamblers ANONYMOUS?

6. But I'm sure we are all happy that Brandon is getting treatment for "Adjustment Disorder with Anxiety". As if that is a thing. And if it is, it certainly sounds like it is debilitating and that Brandon should qualify for a disability that prevents him from playing football, a sport with a lot of Adjustments. And Anxiety.

7. For the record, the NCAA can appeal this. However, as a pro-Sorsby advocate has pointed out, the appeal may take longer than the season. On the other hand (unlikely though it may be) the appellate court can, under TRAP 29.3, issue temporary orders necessary to preserve the parties’ rights during the interlocutory appeal. Thus the appeals court could reinstate the NCAA's ability to suspend Sorsby if it felt it was necessary to preserve the NCAA's rights. Unlikely, but still possible, and the appellate judges (even though they all went to Texas Tech for law school) are NOT "retired visiting judges".

All of these NCAA TRO cases are not identical. People should not be deriving blanket conclusions fromt the different cases, which have different facts and different legal justifications.

But. This is once again a perfect illustration of the power of forum-shopping. And the stupidity of allowing a "retired" judge to issue rulings for 15 more years after retirement.
 
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TT has instantly entered my top 5 most hated teams list. They have no actual football tradition, yet no school has benefited more from the NIL + Portal, relative to their starting point of complete obscurity. It's infuriating that they'd further degrade the sport in an extremely short sighted move.
 
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The NCAA isn't going to take any action that pertains to on-the-field repercussions. They want to look as helpless as possible so congress steps in and gives them back the golden goose they shouldn't have had in the first place.

The damsel in distress act will continue.
 
Any politician should be speaking about this for easy political points. This is the most black and white situation ever
 
supersaiyanshel said:
The judges ruling is absolutely bat**** insane.

Hes basically saying a College Athlete wont be able to get paid if he is punished for betting over 90 K throughout his collegiate career, including bets on his own team.

What are we even doing anymore.
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I believe the NCAA learned about it from law enforcement as well so the betting was at a level that set something off at that level.
 
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