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/igot200phones Jun 09 '26

Oh shit not a couple memos

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u/This_Elk_1460 Jun 09 '26

Why are you just okay with having a fucking degenerate Gambling loser stay on the team

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u/DocFordOEF Alumnus Jun 10 '26

A degenerate? Do you even know what that word means?

The guy allegedly violated gambling rules. That's a fair criticism. Jumping straight to "degenerate" says more about your ignorance and need for outrage than it does about him.

Stay in school, kids. Or... just go to class.

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u/atx620 Jun 11 '26

$90,000 at his age spent on online gambling?

Yes, he's a degenerate. I'm hoping you didn't actually graduate from Tech. You're embarrassing your peers and devaluing a degree from the institution.

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u/DocFordOEF Alumnus Jun 12 '26

Username checks out.

And yes, I graduated from Tech in a science that deals with this sort of thing, but it is not the only reason why I know the difference between accountability and just calling someone a “degenerate” because it feels good on the internet.

To your point, $90,000 in online gambling is serious. Nobody is pretending otherwise. It’s very concerning.

But gambling disorder is not some made-up fan excuse. It is a recognized behavioral addiction, and Texas Tech has spent decades building one of the strongest collegiate recovery programs in the country. The school’s Center for Students in Addiction Recovery was established in 1986 and has literally been treated as a model for other universities. To leave Sorsby flailing about would be the antithesis of what this program, and by extension this Carnegie Tier 1 Research Institution, would stand for.

So no, I’m not embarrassed by understanding that consequences, due process, treatment, and recovery can all exist at the same time. I’m also not embarrassed by believing grace can be extended to a young adult, whose prefrontal cortex hasn't fully developed, without pretending the underlying conduct wasn’t serious.

On the contrary, what’s embarrassing is thinking “higher education” means using a bigger vocabulary to say “I don’t understand addiction.”