Last November, Texas Tech was among the schools that voted to rescind new, more permissive gambling legislation that would have allowed athletes to wager on professional sports, sources familiar with the process tell Sports Illustrated. Tech was among the two-thirds of NCAA Division I that moved to withdraw the rule before it went into effect, so the association’s ban on pro sports betting remained in effect.
Six months later, there seems to be a different stance regarding NCAA wagering rules in Lubbock. Texas Tech wants a star transfer quarterback with a history of impermissible wagering to be able to play in the fall. On Monday, Brendan Sorsby did what comes naturally these days when an athlete’s eligibility is in jeopardy—he sued the NCAA, backed by an attorney team of veteran NCAA nemeses Jeffrey Kessler and Scott Tompsett.
