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Texas Tech football news: Brendan Sorsby breaks silence on gambling scandal in new documentary - ClutchPoints
Former Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby is speaking publicly for the first time about the gambling scandal that ended his college football career, in a four-part docuseries called "The Program" premiering Friday on Paramount+. The NCAA accused Sorsby of placing $90,000 in illegal wagers during his time at previous institutions, a finding that led to him being ruled permanently ineligible for this season.
The NCAA accused Sorsby of placing $90,000 in illegal wagers during his time at previous institutions, a finding that led to him being ruled permanently ineligible for this season. The series, reported by Justin Williams of The Athletic, gives Sorsby a chance to explain what he describes as a compulsive pattern that consumed his relationship with sports.
"I couldn't watch sporting activities without wanting to have something at stake," Sorsby says in the docuseries. The quote lands differently when you consider he was a starting quarterback, someone whose entire identity is built around competing. He also says, "I know how quickly things can go wrong. Everything can get ripped from you."
For Red Raider fans who watched Sorsby take snaps at Jones AT&T Stadium, the series offers the closest thing yet to an explanation for how a Division I signal-caller ends up with a nine-figure gambling debt before his career even peaks. Tech's program had to move on without him this season, and the quarterback situation in Lubbock shifted as a result.
Sorsby's case has become one of the higher-profile college gambling investigations the NCAA has pursued in recent years.
Common questions
What does Sorsby say about his gambling in the documentary?
- Sorsby describes it as a compulsive pattern that took over his relationship with sports. He says he could not watch sporting events without needing something at stake, a striking admission from someone who was a starting quarterback with his entire career on the line.
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