Mark Blaudschun
By Mark Blaudschun
At last some sanity in the currently out of control world of college football.
Thank you Big 12 and Commissioner Brett Yormark. High marks for the league and its boss for putting a detour on the path of Brendan Sorsby's playing during the 2026 college football season. The hassle legally wasn't going to be worth it for anyone.
And the decision of exploring the process of having wannabe Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby enter the National Football League Supplemental Draft made so much sense in so many areas.
It also takes the elephant out of the room for CFB.
Sorsby, the former Cincinnati multi-million-dollar QB with an admitted gambling addiction, could not play another CFB game.
Oh, a Texas judge said he could, despite an NCAA ruling against it. And Texas Tech, anxious for more spotlight dances as a NIL power broker wanted it.
And spare me the whining about gambling being a disease and he didn't bet on his games.
He bet.
Football players CAN NOT BET, especially during these social media days when the American public bets on everything .
If Sorby had played one down this year in CFB, his integrity would have been questioned, analyzed.
The integrity of the game was at stake.
Now it is the NFL's problem and Sorsby goes from the main act to a bit player in a league which has dealt with gambling issues for more than 60 years under strong leadership.
CFB does not have that pedigree.
Almost everything has changed from even 20 years ago.
There is no supreme leader in college football. There are no guardrails.
CFB wants the courts and Congress to provide that.
Yeah, right.
The unintended consequences of Sorsby playing even one game at Tech might have destroyed the sport.
Disaster avoided.
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