OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond publicly called on the Big 12 to sanction Texas Tech after quarterback Brendan Sorsby won a court order restoring his eligibility, setting aside his ban by the NCAA for gambling on pro and college sports. “If Texas Tech will not do the right thing, the Big 12 should,” Drummond wrote Friday in a letter to the conference.Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton warned the Big 12 on Thursday of potential legal action from Texas Tech as the conference considers its options. Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark said the notice came shortly before the start of the league’s executive board meeting to discuss Sorsby’s situation.Drummond said claims that sanctions against Texas Tech would violate antitrust laws are meritless.“By adopting and enforcing its bylaws, the Big 12 Conference is simply upholding integrity and fair play among membership,” he said.
A Texas district court’s temporary injunction that was issued Monday prevents the NCAA from enforcing its permanent ban of Sorsby, a decision that sent shock waves across college sports.The transfer quarterback had been ruled ineligible after he acknowledged years of gambling that included more than $90,000 in wagers and at least 40 bets on his own team while he was a freshman at Indiana.
