NCAA denies Texas Tech’s appeal for Brendan Sorsby’s eligibility
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Brendan Sorsby’s hopes of playing college football in 2026 continue to evaporate, as an eligibility appeal filed by Texas Tech has been reportedly denied.
ESPN reported early Sunday morning that the NCAA denied Texas Tech’s appeal for Sorsby, who was ruled ineligible after he acknowledged gambling on sports – including on his own team while a reserve at Indiana. The Texas Tech appeal is separate from Sorsby’s lawsuit against the NCAA related to the same issue.
A two-hour hearing was held Monday in the 99th District Court in Lubbock County, where Texas Tech is located. As of Friday, there still was no decision from Judge Ken Curry.
Texas Tech had said May 26 that it was appealing after the NCAA denied the school’s initial petition to have Sorsby’s eligibility reinstated.
University president Lawrence Schovanec at that time wrote in a letter to the Texas Tech community that the school felt “the NCAA’s ruling should be reversed or modified.”
The school had ruled Sorsby ineligible May 18, the same day he filed his lawsuit. Tech had to do that to be able to pursue a request for his reinstatement that it submitted to the NCAA the following day. That was denied May 22.
