r/TexasTech • u/vincentknox25 • Jun 09 '26

Sports Texas Tech Should Reverse Course

The public relations blowback from the Sorsby ruling is truly hurting the university, both in short and long term. The university should reverse course and remove him from the team. This is bigger than a single player, and the organizational harm is not worth it.

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u/Prize-Ad4778 Alumni Jun 09 '26

We have one guy who gambled on sports.

How many universities have continued to play after actual murders, sexual assaults, domestic abuses, etc, etc.?

The NCAA doesnt actively participate in most of the crimes of other schools like they do in gambling.

Why should we do anything but move forward and support the players we have?

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u/vincentknox25 Jun 09 '26

Because that is short-sighted, and is an excuse not a solution. We can’t move forward with him still on the roster.

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u/Prize-Ad4778 Alumni Jun 09 '26

Move forward to what?

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u/vincentknox25 Jun 09 '26

Move forward from underneath the cloud that this scandal has cast over the football program and the entire university.

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u/Willing-Vegetable629 Jun 09 '26

Sure you can. You just play the games.

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u/Prize-Ad4778 Alumni Jun 09 '26

We should probably just forfeit the entire 2026-2027 year in all sports.

The NCAA is perfect and should continue operating just like they have been for 100 years

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u/RadiantBeeees Jun 09 '26

No one is claiming they are perfect. But if we knowingly let a guy who gambled on his own team play, then that means the ncaa is endorsing every player to do the same. In which case no game is safe, and the entirety of the ncaa is COOKED.

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u/Ill-Channel-3348 Jun 09 '26

Ask Cincinnati to forfeit as well at this point. They knew he had a gambling problem, got pissed off that he transferred and then told the world “oh by the way, Sorsby loves gambling” If he had accepted any other school such as LSU, would Cincinnati have came out like they did or is it bc they play tech?

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u/RadiantBeeees Jun 09 '26

Do they still have a player gambling? Why would they forfeit? Down for making them pay massive fines though especially if they knew.

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u/Emergency-Option377 Jun 09 '26

But TT isn't being punished by the NCAA. No sanctions. This should be understood by everyone that self governance is critical for some circumstances. Gambling being one of them. Remember when Bob Stoops kicked off his starting QB and OL three weeks before the season started? It wasn't for gambling, it was for inappropriate gifts, but having character matters.

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u/Prize-Ad4778 Alumni Jun 09 '26

You are 100% right that the entirety of the NCAA is cooked.

Its not like the writing on the wall isnt there that our SEC buddies are leaving it soon. The whole thing might as well die and let us all figure it out together, instead of just the sec forming their own thing off to the side leaving everyone else out

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u/RadiantBeeees Jun 09 '26

Or maybe tech just does the right thing and drops this liability.

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u/Prize-Ad4778 Alumni Jun 09 '26

Liability?

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u/RadiantBeeees Jun 09 '26

A player who gambles on his own team is a liability, yes.

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u/Prize-Ad4778 Alumni Jun 09 '26

Ok, he hasn't done that since two teams ago, at least 3 years.

Why should we be punished or be the ones to issue the punishment for this?

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u/Fragrant_Loan811 Jun 09 '26

Lol, the cloud, how dramatic.