Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby’s legal saga is widening and is likely to intensify over the summer.
The 22-year-old Texas native is both a plaintiff and defendant in civil litigation playing out in Texas and Ohio courts, respectively. He could add to the docket by filing additional lawsuits, including against the NFL should it deny him a chance to be taken in a supplemental draft.
Both current lawsuits are in their infancy. No matter how they’re resolved, Sorsby will generate many billable hours for his attorneys, who will be working on matters that could create important sports law precedent.
The cases are also illustrative of the unsettled legal ramifications of legalized sports betting in America, the emergence of an NIL marketplace and the morphing of power conference college football into a quasi-pro league—though one where the players are college students and where many of the teams bend if not disregard economic and eligibility rules designed to promote fair play and fair competition.
Sorsby’s status as a plaintiff emerged this week when he sued the NCAA in Lubbock County (Texas) District Court for breach of contract and breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing.
