Sports betting chatter

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A state Judge has ruled that Brenden Sorsby, a QB from Texas Tech, must be allowed to play football even though he admitted to betting on Tech and making thousands of bets.
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This is getting nasty and will soon be political. The Texas AG, who is running for the US Senate, sent a letter to the B12 warning them not to interfere with this case. B12 intends to sue TT in federal court, alleging a breach of the B12 bylaws.

Quote: billryan

Quote: billryan

A state Judge has ruled that Brenden Sorsby, a QB from Texas Tech, must be allowed to play football even though he admitted to betting on Tech and making thousands of bets.
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This is getting nasty and will soon be political. The Texas AG, who is running for the US Senate, sent a letter to the B12 warning them not to interfere with this case. B12 intends to sue TT in federal court, alleging a breach of the B12 bylaws.
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Settling a dispute in court is regarded by society as "going through the appropriate channels." The Big12 Conference doesn't want to take action only to have TTU sue them in a court that they've chosen because it is run by their hand-picked judge. The Big12 would rather initiate the court proceeding in a court of their own chosing. Just legal gamesmanship, but this is the stuff that determines who wins.

The TTU somehow was allowed to pick a retired state judge that they know very well (an alumni, a big donor) to hear their NCAA complaint - which resulted in an injunction decision and schedule for a hearing that is widely regarded as a soul-crushing, hideously stupid and unfair decision. The case is decided without a hearing because the complaintant, Sorsby, gets everything he has asked for - in flagrant violation of the rules - before any argument can be made by the NCAA. Judicial home cooking.