AP —
Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby, who entered residential treatment for a gambling addiction three weeks ago, filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to have the NCAA restore his eligibility.
Sorsby had landed a multimillion-dollar deal to return to his home state for his final college season, but his eligibility was jeopardized when he acknowledged wagering on sports.
His lawsuit, filed in Lubbock County, Texas, by local attorney Dustin Burrows, asks for an injunction that would allow him to practice and play for the Red Raiders. The filing said legal action was taken because of the “NCAA’s wholesale abandonment of its obligations and duties to promote the well-being” of Sorsby.
His gambling addiction, the lawsuit said, is a “clinically diagnosed” disorder recognized by the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
