In an era where the NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis looks like it is under siege from everywhere, another bombshell is dropped on its buildings, thanks to QB-turned-Gambling Addict Brendan Sorsby of Texas Tech.

You know him.  The red hot quarterback, who started at Indiana, transferred to Cincinnati, then wound up this year at Texas Tech in a near 5M-NIL deal.

Guess we know how he spent his NIL money in recent years.  A staggering 9,000-bets on all types of platforms, spending  900,000 on his addictions.  And he also gave friends some 60,000 to wager for him on all types of events.

All this while throwing 82-TD passes for the Hoosiers and Bearcats.  He arrives with great fanfare at Tech Tech, with a record payday.  But the NCAA is tipped by red flag security at betting websites, to his many accounts and the vast amount of money wagered.

The NCAA, staggered by the recent point shaving scandals involving some lower echelon basketball schools, is now facing a horror-show scandal; top QB, top program; large amounts of money.  Violations that now stretch to 3-conferences and a passing star.

But like everything else, the NCAA takes action, gets sued and loses in court.

Sorsby’s attorney, the legendary Jeffrey Kessler, the anti-trust guru, citing a ‘Mental Health issue’ convinces a judge to issue an injunction to allow Sorsby to play another year.  He agreed to a 2-game suspension in non conference games.  The sales pitch, the QB would be irreparably damaged if he could not play this year.  He is damaged, having committed QB-suicide.

But we have not heard the end of this.  This is now not just an NCAA fight, it’s become a college wide fight, with other Big 12 schools demanding retribution against Texas Tech for taking part in the suits.  And now other conferences are banning together, to cancel contracts and agee not to play Texas Tech in any sport.

Good luck getting into the College Football Playoffs, if your schedule is made up of Eastern Kentucky, Lafayette, Portland State and the likes.  Can you say the Red Raiders are toxic, radio active, persona non-grata.

He broke the NCAA bylaws.  It’s a sickness, it’s disgraceful.  But a judge choosing Mental Health over Integrity, a player’s wishes over the NCAA bylaws, is beyond description.

Let him be a student.  Let him continue counseling.  Let him apply for the NFL supplemental draft.  But a caution word, we do remember recent NFL suspensions to a Falcons WR-Calvin Ridley.  And the NFL post boy for NFL gambling addictions Art Schlicter.  And the NFL history record book reminds us of Paul Hornung-Alex Karros and more.

We have not heard the end of this, because the noise is so deafening at this hour, and that hate directed at the QB, the super lawyer, and the University, is beyond anything I can ever remember.

Another dark moment for the NCAA, whose offices resemble bombed out buildings in Ukraine right now, under constant attack.

Maybe this enormous crisis, will lead Congress to to give the NCAA the anti-trust exemption and the power to run the sport properly without threats of any future lawsuits from players, whose hands are out, looking for more, whether it’s legal or not.

It is amazing what we are seeing in college sports now.  The NIL-bidding wars.  The Transfer portal chaos.  All this after the destruction of legendary conferences and rivalries. The college football playoff money grab.  The expansion of March Madness again.   No one was raising a hand saying this is wrong, because they were all in middle ‘trying to get mine’.  Now they are unified for once to try and save the sport.

Fires everywhere around the NCAA.  Brendan Sorsby trying to torch the NCAA like he torches secondaries on College Football Saturday afternoons.

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**Note..A Football essay from Front Office Sports

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On Monday, a local judge in Texas granted an injunction to allow Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby to play next season despite years of gambling activity, including placing bets on his own team, that ended with him entering in-patient treatment for gambling addiction.The ruling is just the latest in a string of cases in which players have asked local judges to give them NCAA eligibility. But it marked the first time a judge has forced a league to allow a player to participate despite engaging in gambling activity. While the ruling doesn’t set a nationwide precedent, it could be cited in future arguments for other players across the country.The NCAA has already filed a notice of appeal, per documents obtained by Front Office Sportson Monday night. But the ruling sent shockwaves across the industry—and as a result, some schools may be taking matters into their own hands.Calls for BoycottAthletic directors at two power conference schools—Georgia and Nebraska—have instructed their departments to refrain from scheduling Texas Tech in non-conference play in all sports. In addition, conferences will hold meetings to consider whether to boycott Texas Tech on a conference-wide level.Georgia AD Josh Brooks has called for a Texas Tech boycott, a spokesperson confirmed to FOS. So has Nebraska AD Troy Dannen, according to Yahoo Sports. Brooks later posted a statement on X saying: “True integrity means holding your program accountable when things go wrong, not buying custom legislation or running to a local courtroom to bypass the rules.”A spokesperson for Nebraska did not immediately respond to a request for comment.On Monday night, Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark said the conference has planned a meeting with athletic directors and the Big 12 executive board for later this week to discuss the situation. “The ramifications of today’s ruling are significant and could have broad impacts across college athletics, creating great concern amongst our membership,” he said.After the meeting with Big 12 athletic directors Tuesday, Yormark said: “We had a thoughtful and productive conversation with our athletics directors today as we continue to work through the broader implications of this situation. Many of our athletics directors voiced their opinions. We will continue to have open and honest dialogue amongst the group, and until there is something to report, these conversations will remain within the conference.”The Big Ten also scheduled a meeting to discuss the prospect of a league-wide boycott of Texas Tech, according to ESPN. A Big Ten representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment.FOS also made inquiries to the SEC and ACC on Monday night regarding whether they might hold conference-wide meetings to discuss a potential boycott or next steps. Representatives did not immediately respond to comment requests.While it’s unclear what power state attorneys general could have in the matter, at least one has already weighed in. “I’m outraged at a court’s decision to unilaterally reinstate a star player for the Texas Tech football program and set a horrific precedent in a case involving serial betting on his own team,” Oklahoma AG Gentner Drummond said in a post on X on Monday night. “Rules exist for a reason, and this player clearly violated reasonable standards instituted by the NCAA.”