Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby has taken a leave of absence to enter a gambling addiction treatment program, but the attention surrounding the Red Raiders passer continues to march down the field.
ESPN college football analyst Paul Finebaum had some strong words for the NCAA on Tuesday, intimating that Sorsby’s situation could be the direct result of a previous decision they made.
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“The NCAA has been asking for this,” Finebaum said on Get Up. “About a year ago the NCAA agreed on legislation that allowed college athletes to bet on professional sports. A number of people, including SEC commissioner Greg Sankey, intervened. They went to the president Charlie Baker, saying we have to rescind this. They did, but they opened the door for all of this…”
Finebaum also spoke to the prevalence of sports gambling amongst male college students, and believes that the scandal Sorsby finds himself embroiled in is just the “tip of the iceberg.”
Sorsby’s spring transfer transition to Texas Tech has been disrupted by allegations that he wagered on his own team’s games when he was with the Indiana football program.
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The rising senior spent two seasons with the Hoosiers before spending two seasons with the Cincinnati Bearcats.
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