Ken Curry Grants Texas Tech Football Sorsby Injunction Over 9,000 Bets
Texas tech football quarterback Brendan Sorsby can play in the fall after Texas state judge Ken Curry granted an injunction blocking the NCAA from stopping him. The ruling comes after the NCAA declared him ineligible over sports betting violations tied to more than 9,000 wagers and more than $90,000.
Sorsby admitted he made at least 40 bets on his own team while he was a quarterback at Indiana. He later transferred to Cincinnati and then Texas Tech before the eligibility ruling arrived, and the court order now allows him to suit up while that dispute continues.
Brendan Sorsby Bets at Indiana
The betting total is the sharpest part of the case: more than 9,000 sports bets, at least 40 on his own team, and more than $90,000 involved. That is the conduct that led the NCAA to rule him ineligible, setting up the fight that landed in a Texas state court.
The injunction means the NCAA cannot stop him from playing for Texas Tech in the fall for now. For a quarterback, that changes the immediate roster picture at the most important position on the field, and it does so before the season begins.
Ken Curry Blocks NCAA Action
Judge Ken Curry granted the injunction after Sorsby filed for temporary relief. The court order is the part that matters here: it overrode the NCAA's eligibility ruling long enough for Sorsby to keep playing while the legal fight moves ahead.
This case fits a pattern that has pushed college eligibility disputes into court. The NCAA received 1,450 waiver requests for extended eligibility last year, and two-thirds were granted. Of the roughly 500 requests that were denied, more than 70 turned into lawsuits, and the NCAA has won more than two-thirds of the eligibility cases it has faced.
Eligibility Fight Spreads
Other players have already tested the same path. A Mississippi judge ruled Trinidad Chambliss eligible for a sixth year after the NCAA denied it, an Alabama judge temporarily let Charles Bediako play after three years as a professional, and Oklahoma district court judge Thad Balkman issued an injunction allowing Owen Heinecke to play this season after the NCAA denied him a fifth year.
Joey Aguilar took a different route and lost after a local judge sided with the NCAA on his claim that junior college seasons should not count against his clock. Sorsby now has the benefit of the Texas ruling, and the NCAA has lost this round on a case built from more than 9,000 bets and a direct challenge to its eligibility power.
