Long Beach State Sports : Re: College sports gets crazier!

Texas Tech has lined up their billionaire fundraisers and lawyers. The rest of the NCAA is jealous that the upstart kid is playing the game better than they can. The SEC paid players for ages illegally and schools like us and SMU paid the price. Texas Tech simply said, "we can pay players??? Hold my beer..."

Once you ok'd obvious pay to play via NIL, and once gambling was just another source of tax revenue that could be collected off smart phones and not a potential activity that could harm society, this was bound to happen.

The NCAA themselves works with Genius Sports to be the official data feed to authorized sports books.

This screams of an activist judge, but doesn't surprise me as "health and well being" is now more important than to establish and maintain the rule of law, or honor private agreements between parties. Much like the NCAA was weak on UNC and Arizona in their blatant cheating scandals, how can they be upset when a judge is weak towards an individual student (using student very loosely here).

Congress won't ban gambling on college sports. They pay too many politicians now.

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Read about it this morning. Seems the QB had a gambling addiction but bet on his own team (Indiana) while attending, but that he never bet on a game he played in. He sued to gain eligibility at Texas Tech and a judge granted him a temporary injunction to be eligible.

Saw this quote about how the NCAA feels about it:
"The NCAA acknowledged as much in a statement Monday, saying it’s “deeply concerned about the damaging, far-reaching and broadly destabilizing ramifications of this outcome — which undermines and corrupts the integrity of sports.”"

Hey NCAA, your member schools are doing something about it. What, the NCAA can't do anything about this? The judge's message is loud and clear: anything goes so long as when you are caught, you repent.

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From The Atlantic :
Big Ten athletic directors and commissioner Tony Petitti are planning to discuss a league-wide ban on scheduling Texas Tech in all sports at a meeting on Wednesday, two Big Ten sources told The Athletic.

The news comes in the wake of Red Raiders quarterback Brendan Sorsby receiving a temporary injunction to play college football in the fall despite his admission of sports betting, including on a team for which he played.

Talk of those discussions comes hours after a note sent to Nebraska coaches and obtained by The Athletic that deputy athletic director Haven Fields instructed that Nebraska “will not schedule any contests vs. Texas Tech in any sport. If you currently have a future contest already scheduled, please connect with (athletic director) Troy (Dannen) immediately.”

There are no football games scheduled between Nebraska and Texas Tech for 2026.

Over in the SEC, the athletics department for Georgia banned its teams from scheduling any future games against Texas Tech, and Georgia said it would “determine next steps” on any matchups already scheduled.

Georgia compliance director Will Lawler sent a memo to coaches and staff Monday afternoon, hours after Sorsby was awarded a temporary injunction by a Texas judge to play this season despite Sorsby’s history with gambling, including betting on his own team in 2022 when he was a member of the Indiana Hoosiers. The NCAA has filed a notice of appeal in the case.

“Based on recent developments, Georgia Athletics will not schedule future contests against Texas Tech until further notice,” Lawler wrote. “Please review your sport’s current schedules and future scheduling plans. If you have any contests currently scheduled against Texas Tech, or are actively engaged in scheduling discussions with Texas Tech, please notify your sports administrator as soon as possible so we can evaluate the situation and determine next steps.”