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@TheBusbyProject

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Jason Busby
Jason Busby@TheBusbyProject·
College football keeps trying to regulate NIL without the one mechanism that actually makes regulation legal: collective bargaining. As long as athletes aren’t part of a negotiated labor framework, caps on pay, transfer limits, and recruiting restrictions will keep running into antitrust problems. Revenue sharing + a players union negotiating contracts, transfer rules, and NIL oversight feels like the most realistic path to stability. Curious how others think this evolves over the next decade.
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Jason Busby
Jason Busby@TheBusbyProject·
@ChrisVannini @dandakich A lot of Tech staff and fans suddenly became professional addiction recovery advocates the moment that their $5 million dollar Quarterback got ruled ineligible.
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Chris Vannini
Chris Vannini@ChrisVannini·
Texas Tech goes on the offensive for Brendan Sorsby. Cody Campbell to @dandakich: "There are kids that will suit up this fall who have actually hurt people and done bad things, and nobody’s talking about boycotting them or not playing them." More: nytimes.com/athletic/73478…
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Jason Busby
Jason Busby@TheBusbyProject·
I'm sure people who have actually struggled with gambling addiction appreciate the support and recovery angle. But nobody actually believes the majority of Texas Tech fans or staff suddenly became advocates for addiction recovery the moment their $5 million quarterback got ruled ineligible. It's just a convenient argument.
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Ragamuffin Man
Ragamuffin Man@ragamuffinman33·
@TheBusbyProject The "standing by our player and helping him through his addiction" talk is so childish. I can't believe anybody falls for that
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Jason Busby
Jason Busby@TheBusbyProject·
"Texas Tech didn't file the lawsuit." - Kirby Hocutt No, they're just funding the player who did and benefiting from the outcome. This feels less like accountability and more like trying to hide behind a technicality while wrapping everything in a "we're helping his recovery" talking point. They've turned him into the face of the biggest gambling controversy in college sports. Every headline, every podcast, every TV segment, and every debate about integrity in sports now has his name attached to it. That's not protecting a young man. That's putting him directly in the middle of a national firestorm.
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Jason Busby
Jason Busby@TheBusbyProject·
"Find better lawyers" doesn't even make sense. A judge issued an injunction and set the actual case for 2027. The NCAA's choices are comply with the order or appeal it. That's how the law works. And nobody said NIL money shouldn't be allowed to fund a lawsuit. That's another argument you invented. My point was that Texas Tech has millions invested in the player, benefits from him being eligible, and is publicly defending the outcome. By the time the courts fully sort this out, the season will likely be over. The NCAA isn't the one pretending to be uninvolved while benefiting from the outcome. Texas Tech is.
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Jude Fawley
Jude Fawley@JudeFawleyEsq·
@TheBusbyProject So, you’re suggesting that the NIL should have a “no lawsuit” restriction. Plus I think Kessler accepted this to prove a point. If you’re so sure the TI is wrong maybe lobby the NCAA to find better lawyers.
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Jason Busby
Jason Busby@TheBusbyProject·
I'd have a lot more respect for Texas Tech and Kirby Hocutt if they were just honest. "Yes, he broke the gambling rules. Yes, we know why people are upset. We just care more about winning than we do the integrity of the sport." At least that would be truthful. The whole "this is about helping a young man" angle rings hollow. You've put a target on his back and turned him into the face of the biggest gambling and integrity controversy in college sports. That doesn't sound like helping him to me.
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Jason Busby
Jason Busby@TheBusbyProject·
@_Tide18Tymes I was never super high on Tim Williams. The biggest shocker for me from Alabama was Trent Richardson. That guy was a freak show in college.
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Jason Busby
Jason Busby@TheBusbyProject·
Supporting his recovery and fighting for his eligibility aren't the same thing. Texas Tech and Kirby Hocutt says they're doing this to help the guy. That's not what I see. What they've actually done is make him the most visible symbol of a controversy in the sport. That's not reducing pressure on someone recovering from addiction. It's putting a target on his back.
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Joe Fischer III
Joe Fischer III@JoeFisch3·
Does Brendan Sorsby deserve support to help him kick his gambling addiction? 1000% yes. Does Brendan Sorsby deserve to play football after doing the one thing that is universally unacceptable in sports, gambling on your own team? 1000% no. Both of those things can be true.
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Jason Busby
Jason Busby@TheBusbyProject·
@Cecil1380674 @Samicefont No, I said Texas Tech is funding the player. You changed that into "Texas Tech funded the lawsuit" because it's easier to argue against. Those are two completely different statements. Texas Tech is paying the player. Texas Tech benefits from the outcome. That's what I said.
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Jason Busby
Jason Busby@TheBusbyProject·
Cinci dropped $875,000 on him. Texas Tech dropped $5 million to bring him there, not counting the 2026 season upcoming. But, I'm sure you already knew that. You're essentially arguing over which dollar from his bank account paid the lawyer while ignoring the actual point that I made. Texas Tech has millions invested in Sorsby. Texas Tech benefits from him playing. Texas Tech is publicly defending the outcome. If you think those things are completely unrelated, I don't know what to tell you.
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Cecil
Cecil@Cecil1380674·
@TheBusbyProject @Samicefont Oh the goalpost have moved. Before he had no money besides TTU NIL now suddenly I need to show bank statements.
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Cecil
Cecil@Cecil1380674·
@TheBusbyProject @Samicefont He received $875,800 IN NIL from Cincinnati as their starting QB for the 2025 season. Great research by you.
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Jason Busby
Jason Busby@TheBusbyProject·
@PettyAndShade I have a bridge to sell anyone who thinks TTU wasn't informed about him setting up the lawsuit to overthrow the NCAA's ruling.
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Jason Busby
Jason Busby@TheBusbyProject·
@Samicefont Who pays him? Or did he fund it with his gambling winnings?
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Samuel “Ice” Fontaine
Samuel “Ice” Fontaine@Samicefont·
@TheBusbyProject We didn’t need to fund the lawsuit. He had enough money to get 90 G’s. He can afford an attorney. You imbecile. Texas Tech is doing what every other University would do in supporting a player. Don’t be naïve you dumb fucking idiot, a university can’t fund a lawsuit.
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Jason Busby
Jason Busby@TheBusbyProject·
They've turned him into the face of the biggest gambling controversy in college sports. Every headline, every podcast, every TV segment, and every debate about integrity in sports now has his name attached to it. That's not protecting him. That's putting him directly in the middle of a national firestorm.
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Jason Busby
Jason Busby@TheBusbyProject·
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If Texas Tech's priority was Brendan Sorsby's recovery, they picked a strange way to show it. They've turned him into the face of the biggest gambling controversy in college sports. Every headline, every podcast, every TV segment, and every debate about integrity in sports now has his name attached to it. That's not protecting a young man. That's putting him directly in the middle of a national firestorm.

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Jason Busby
Jason Busby@TheBusbyProject·
They're all-in on this, for sure. The real question is what this will cost Texas Tech down the road when the future of the sport gets decided. The SEC and Big Ten are already talking governance, enforcement, revenue sharing, playoff structure, and what college football looks like moving forward. The same people publicly condemning this situation are going to be sitting at those tables. People in this sport have long memories.
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Pete Nakos
Pete Nakos@PeteNakos·
Sources tell @On3 that Texas Tech has notified Big 12 officials it is prepared to return to the courtroom, including against schools that say they won't play the Red Raiders. As one source said, Texas Tech is "100%" ready to return to court. on3.com/news/texas-tec…
Pete Nakos@PeteNakos

Texas Tech AD Kirby Hocutt releases a statement re: Brendan Sorsby lawsuit. "Texas Tech is not a party to Brendan's lawsuit. We did not file it. We did not fund it." on3.com/news/texas-tec…

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Jason Busby
Jason Busby@TheBusbyProject·
Maybe Texas Tech can sue. Maybe they'd even win. The bigger question is at what cost? College football is actively negotiating its future right now. Governance, enforcement, playoff expansion, revenue sharing, super league concepts, federal legislation, etc. Texas Tech may win this legal battle. But they're rapidly becoming the school most associated with defending a player who went and obtained a court injunction after being ruled ineligible for violating the NCAA's gambling rules. That's not a great position to be in when the people shaping the future of the sport are the same people publicly condemning what's happening. The courts may eventually move on from this. The conferences, commissioners, presidents, and AD's helping decide what the future of college football looks like won't forget it nearly as quickly.
Christopher Kratovil@chris_kratovil

Texas litigator here. Unless and until the Amarillo Court of Appeals or the Texas Supreme Court stays or dissolves the valid temporary injunction obtained by Brandon Sorsby, Texas Tech would be well within its right to take legal action against any entity—the Big XII Conference, the CFP, other universities—that attempts to “punish” Tech for complying with with the controversial-but-lawful TI. Sorsby has been reinstated by a lawful order from court of competent jurisdiction, and while Tech is not obligated to play Sorsby, it currently has the right to do so. And the NCAA’s interlocutory appeal of the TI order is unlikely to be resolved prior to the end of the college football season. Against this backdrop, any organization that attempts to step in for the NCAA to exclude Sorsby is inviting a lawsuit from Sorsby and/or Tech, with Tech taking the position that it is merely complying with the TI order and that it can’t be punished for doing so.

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