Big 12 Sues Texas Tech and Ken Paxton Over $200 Million Sorsby Eligibility Threat
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Updated · CBS New York · Jun 15
Big 12 Sues Texas Tech and Ken Paxton Over $200 Million Sorsby Eligibility Threat
3 articles · Updated · CBS New York · Jun 15
Summary
Dallas federal court received the Big 12's lawsuit Sunday seeking a declaration that it can punish Texas Tech for planning to play quarterback Brendan Sorsby this fall despite his NCAA ineligibility.
The filing also asks for an injunction blocking Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton from deterring conference discipline after he warned the Big 12 and member schools faced more than $200 million in antitrust liability.
Sorsby was ruled ineligible after the NCAA found he placed 40 bets on Indiana and more than $90,000 in college-sports wagers, though a Texas judge last week let him play while still sidelining him for the first two games.
The dispute has widened beyond the NCAA: Georgia and Nebraska said they will not schedule Texas Tech, and Oklahoma's attorney general urged the Big 12 to sanction the school to protect the conference's reputation and competitive integrity.