Overview
- The judge originally assigned to the case, Phillip Hays, recused himself on May 20, and a retired senior judge, Ken Curry, was appointed to hear Sorsby’s challenge.
- A temporary-injunction hearing to decide whether Sorsby can play while the NCAA processes reinstatement is scheduled for June 1 in Lubbock County’s 99th District Court.
- Sorsby filed a 514-page suit seeking emergency relief after Texas Tech declared him ineligible following an agreed stipulation with the NCAA that detailed thousands of wagers since 2022 including small bets on Indiana when he was a redshirt.
- Sorsby’s lawyers stress his clinical treatment for a gambling disorder and say he never bet on games he played in or tried to fix outcomes, while legal experts say courts normally defer to the NCAA’s gambling rules.
- The case is time sensitive because Sorsby must decide by the June 22 NFL supplemental-draft paperwork deadline whether to enter that process as a fallback if he does not secure court relief.