The backlash following the ruling allowing Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby to play college football—despite engaging in gambling activities (including gambling on his own team)—has reached Capitol Hill.
The Sorsby decision came up multiple times during a Senate Commerce Committee roundtable on the future of college sports Wednesday. It’s also been the subject of private conversations in Congress.
Sources in and around Capitol Hill tell Front Office Sports the ruling could increase momentum for the Protect College Sports Act, a sweeping bipartisan bill introduced a few weeks ago by Sens. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) and Maria Cantwell (D., Wash) and cosponsored by Sens. Eric Schmitt (R., Mo.) and Chris Coons (D., Del.), because the bill is being marketed as giving the NCAA the power to enforce rules.
But it’s unclear whether the bill itself, as currently written, would have prevented the specific scenario with regard to Sorsby, legal experts say.
More Momentum?
