Lubbock County (Texas) District Court judge Ken Curry on Monday granted Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby a temporary injunction that orders the NCAA to declare him immediately eligible.
At the same time, per the judge, Sorsby can’t participate in game-day activities during the first two games of the Red Raiders season.
Judge Curry held that Sorsby would suffer irreparable injury, meaning an injury that monetary damages can’t remedy, if he was denied “the elite coaching, training resources, camaraderie and regimen that only being a member of a Division I college football team can provide.”
Along those lines, the judge emphasized how Sorsby needs to be eligible to “build the skills necessary to maximize his own success.”
The ruling is a major victory in Sorsby’s quest to play for the Red Raiders this fall. Absent a successful appeal by the NCAA, Sorsby will play another season of Division I college football for what would be the highly sought transfer player’s third school.
