Big 12 sues Texas Tech and Texas AG Ken Paxton over Brendan Sorsby eligibility ruling
CBS News • • sports
Key Points:
- The Big 12 conference filed a federal lawsuit against Texas Tech, its officials, and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to assert its right to punish Texas Tech over allowing quarterback Brendan Sorsby to play despite NCAA betting violations.
- The lawsuit seeks a court declaration that the Big 12 can enforce its bylaws and an injunction preventing Paxton or Texas Tech from interfering with the conference's disciplinary actions.
- Sorsby was declared ineligible by the NCAA for betting on college sports while at Indiana University, but a Lubbock County judge granted him a temporary injunction blocking the NCAA suspension, allowing limited play this fall.
- The controversy has caused major backlash, including other schools refusing to schedule Texas Tech, and conflicting legal opinions from Texas and Oklahoma attorneys general regarding the Big 12's authority to punish Sorsby or Texas Tech.
- The NCAA separately requested an emergency stay of the Lubbock County injunction to protect the integrity of college sports and asked for a case resolution before the season starts to prevent disruption.
