The situation between the NCAA and transfer quarterback Brendan Sorsby is getting messier and messier as the days go on.
The battle that has become one of the biggest stories in sports and happens to be gaining attention from seemingly every corner of the sports media world now includes the NCAA’s belief that Sorsby was moving money to others to place bets for him after he transferred to Texas Tech.
Which feels significant.
As The Athletic and ESPN both reported, and as Ross Dellenger shared on social media, the NCAA has filed a request to deny Sorsby’s eligibility.
In a filing today, the NCAA requests the judge in Monday’s hearing to deny Brendan Sorsby’s eligibility as it would have “destabilizing ramifications” by making NCAA “the first and only major sports league in America to allow an athlete to compete after betting on his own games.” pic.twitter.com/YDP7wpTxk6
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) May 30, 2026
As part of the court documents for that filing (which are never light and easy reading), the NCAA spells out that it believes Sorsby “stopped making bets himself and started transferring money to other individuals to make bets on his behalf, including after he transferred to Texas Tech University in January 2026.”
According to the court documents, Sorsby made “thousands of sports bets while a student-athlete at three different universities.” That would include his time as an Indiana Hoosier, a Cincinnati Bearcat, and a Texas Tech Red Raider.
And as the court document points out, betting is illegal in Texas.
Court docs reveal the NCAA believes that Brendan Sorsby transferred money to others to make bets after arriving at Texas Tech
One of the NCAA’s biggest concerns that’s spelled out in the court document is that Sorsby has claimed “that the NCAA has profited off gambling.” That’s something that Paul Finebaum also alluded to.
With the court document, the NCAA instead tries to shut that narrative down and stated that it “does not partner with any sports books, does not accept endorsements of sponsorships from sports books, does not collect any revenue from sports gambling.”
We’ll see where this situation goes from here. The NCAA and Sorsby are expected to be in court in Lubbock County on Monday.
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