The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has put more salt in the Brendan Sorsby wound after the University of Cincinnati received a letter of inquiry from the association this week.
The news, originally reported by Yahoo Sports, and the letter sent to the university could be effectively preceding an investigation into the institution, and whether it was known that Sorsby engaged in prohibited wagering activities in clear violation of NCAA rules.
NCAA Homes in on School That Might Have Known about Sorsby’s Gambling
The NCAA has not commented on its letter, but a Cincinnati spokesperson has already reached out to media outlets, including Yahoo Sports, describing the current proceedings.
“We have had continuous conversations with the NCAA since the initial reports related to impermissible sports wagering began. As we have stated before, we do not believe any athletics official or staff member was aware of any impermissible sports wagering,” the spokesperson said.
A potential investigation would not be without merit, exactly, as Ron Slavin, Sorsby’s agent, has suggested in the past that Cincinnati may have known about the athlete’s relationship with gambling.
Sorsby later quit Cincinnati for Texas Tech and was sued by the former over an alleged breach of the NIL contract. It is not immediately clear what would happen to the school’s football program should it be determined that Cincinnati was aware of the issues with Sorsby’s gambling during his two years of play with the team.
Sorsby eventually quit Texas Tech over the controversy, after intervention from board members, who announced that the college and Sorsby had reached an agreement to mutually part ways.
In a recent comment, Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire acknowledged that there was a real fear that the school may not be able to play in certain games if it chose to keep and feature Sorsby.
Sorsby’s College Career End Doesn’t Mean the NCAA Is Done
Sorsby’s career collapse came after information surfaced that he had been wagering hundreds, if not more than a thousand of wagers on various pro sports and collegiate competitions.
He did so on his own and through third parties, and admitted to gambling $90,000. Sorsby was on track to temporarily stay the NCAA’s efforts to prohibit him from play, but after a successful preliminary injunction, he decided to drop the case and quit Texas Tech and college football, hoping to enter the NFL competitive fray through a Supplemental Draft. However, the NFL refused to hold the event, and the CFL also advised against accepting Sorsby.