steve thacker

@Lubbockist No one is expecting TT to take the hit on this. Cincy Coach and AD, fired. All wins vacated. -25 scholarships. No bowls or CFP 5 or 10 years. Pay NIL money back to TT. Sorsby becomes Captain, Mentor, Coach, recruiter, etc. as part of his ongoing therapy. TT is made whole for lie.

The Sorsby stuff has been "taked" to death but here is mine after sitting in it for a few days. Barring a change on the legal side, he will be a member of the team in the fall. That's not up to TTU. If he is on the team, he will likely (per contract) earn his full revenue share/NIL money. TTU has no choice in that matter either. The only question then for Texas Tech, is if he plays or if he sits on the bench and earns a paycheck. So what the rest of the country is asking Texas Tech to do, is to pay him to practice, to be on the team, and not play football. This, they say, will protect the integrity of the game. But what did he do that supposedly compromised the integrity of the game in the first place? He placed bets...from the bench. So what we're really talking about isn't protecting game integrity in 2026 at all. We're talking about punishment. Punishing Sorsby for 2022. Punishing Sorsby by paying him $5 million to not play. That's not much of a punishment if you ask me. When you tear away all the bluster and moralizing, what they are really asking is for Texas Tech - and Texas Tech alone - to be punished. Not Sorsby, not Indiana where it happened, not Cincinnati who played him after. Texas Tech alone. The rest of college football would love nothing more, and would be laughing the entire time. Our program should evaluate his mental and physical fitness, and his compliance with the order put in place. We should make sure that, all else being equal, he is our best option before going out on that field. Maybe he is, maybe he isn't. But we should not let bullying, threats, and emotion (from those who already wished us harm) to have any bearing on that decision whatsoever. Strip it all away and they are really asking for Texas Tech to be the only party in this scandal to be punished. The only party who, by any objective measure, has done absolutely nothing wrong. Do that, and the outrage from the peanut gallery will not turn to adulation, or even silence. It will turn to mockery.

@PecanC8 If he is a legal US Citizen, the Constitution states it is within his rights so no he should not be arrested. The question should be, if I am standing next to him saying I will burn the Quran, will he still burn my flag! If I burn the Quran will he attack me? I bet he does.

It should be. What do you think? 🇺🇸👇

@Sassafrass_84 Thank you!

Bless you. You?

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@WorkElizab It’s her 1st Amendment just like ours. I hate the shirt but it is her right to say it.

What your response to her?

@AntiWokeMemes Hmm! Maybe white privilege does exist!

What is your reaction to this woman ??

@TheReadjust @_CATNERD2 @be_trades @tStocktonTTU No one is Shitting on TT. People commend TT for sticking with Sorsby. The issue is, everyone from TT makes it sound like they expect him to play game three. They could be the hero and say Brendon is a captain, coach, mentor, recruiter, etc. as a part of his rehab. Not a player!

That's enough. Come on. I think IU was more asleep actually, but Cincy is worse in way because tgey had a red flag and rather than look into it, they papered it over. Its a shame they can't give schools death penalty anymore, IU and Cincy both deserve it. The NCAA should name an ethics award for Texas Tech. They've done literally everything by the book, they got the player real help too when two other programs chose not to. And they're ones being shit on? Its disgusting.

Texas Tech declared Brendan Sorsby immediately ineligible & got him into rehab when notified of his gambling. What did Cincinnati do when they became aware of Brendan Sorsby’s gambling activity? Cincinnati played Brendan Sorsby for two full seasons. espn.com/college-footba…

@_CATNERD2 @be_trades @tStocktonTTU Cincy did not deal with it properly. A starter making hundreds of bets through friends and family because he was under age which is a felony on both parties. Cincy didn’t report to the NCAA as soon as they found out. All games vacated, HC and AD fired, 10 yr no bowl/CFP, -20 ship

@be_trades @tStocktonTTU Cincinnati already dealt with it He received gambling educating This was already covered at trial

@tStocktonTTU Cincy should have every win vacated and coaches fired. The AD should be fired. Death penalty?Cincy should have to pay TT the NIL money paid to Sorsby. Sorsby should be able to stay with TT for treatment but not play. I’m sorry but he gambled on football. He can’t play. Sorry!

@AntiWokeMemes I have not had a reason to.

There are zero reasons for any race of people to feel guilty.

@mrlongshore TT should not abandon Sorsby. I would think far less of them if they did. They made a substantial investment in Sorsby. They are looking for a return on that investment. For him to play. The best thing they can do is say that Brendon is a captain of this team but he will not play

I understand why people are uncomfortable with the Brendan Sorsby situation. Betting on sports as a college athlete is serious. Betting connected to your own team creates an obvious integrity concern. Nobody has to minimize that. But there is another side to this that college football people should at least be honest enough to acknowledge. When a player becomes part of your program, he becomes part of your football family. That does not mean you excuse everything. It does not mean accountability disappears. It means you do not abandon him the second the situation becomes difficult, public, or uncomfortable. There is a difference between defending the person and defending the mistake. Texas Tech is in an impossible spot. Deep down, they may have hoped the final ruling would remove the decision from their hands. Exhaust every option, support the player, let the process play out, and if he is ruled ineligible, accept it. That is the cleanest outcome for a program trying to balance loyalty, discipline, public pressure, and competitive integrity. But now the court has ruled that he is legally allowed to play. That changes the structure of the decision. If Texas Tech turns its back on him now, what message does that send to every player and family they recruit? That we will fight for you until the pressure gets too loud? That we will call you family when you are producing, but distance ourselves when standing beside you becomes inconvenient? If I were recruiting against Texas Tech and they abandoned him after he was legally cleared to play, I would use that every time. Not because the mistake does not matter, but because trust matters. Families want to know what happens when their son is injured, struggling, accused, embarrassed, or sitting in the middle of a situation nobody wants attached to the program. Accountability and loyalty are not opposites. You can believe justice should be served. You can believe the integrity of the game matters. You can believe gambling violations deserve real consequence. You can also believe that a program should stand by its people through the full process, not just through the easy parts. That is the hard part of family. You do not only fight for your people when the optics are clean. You fight for them through the good and the bad, while still demanding accountability, treatment, discipline, and truth. Texas Tech may not like the position it is in. Most programs would not. But once he is legally allowed to play and remains part of the Red Raider family, abandoning him strictly because of social pressure would send its own message. And that message may be harder to overcome than the controversy itself.

@Sabiha1278 Iraq, Afghanistan, Jordan, Syria, Palestine, Pakistán, your choice. I bet you will appreciate the safety of America after living in any of those countries for a few hours.

Where should she move to?

@CL4WS_OUT Certainly not the Texas Tech Athletic Director!

Name something smarter than Jasmine Crockett. 👇🏼

@CollegeFBPortal What bullshit! The kid bet on his own teams games! This is not hard. It could be a D3 school and I would feel the same way. No win, loss or championship will be valid if you let this slide. TT, take the loss for the good of the game and NCAA athletics in general.

NEW: Cody Campbell on schools trying to boycott playing Texas Tech: “If this had happened at LSU, people would say ahhh it's LSU. But it happened at Texas Tech… people don’t want to compete with us 😳

@EvanSalaza67914 @finebaum You would be ok with a school burning down college sports because your child was caught breaking the biggest NONO in all of sports. I heard pre teens weighing in on this last night at the ball park. Even 12 year olds know TT and the judge are wrong. Absolutely Pathetic!

@finebaum I know I would definitely want my children to go to Texas Tech seems like they're the only ones who would stand behind them while the whole world is against them. And it shows they care and consider young adults making mistakes or having addictions or mental health issues

"It's crazy...because it's not murder, it's not beating somebody..." Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire defends his QB Brendan Sorsby, who's under fire for gambling on his own team's football games:

@finebaum @HornSports Then football should be the last thing he needs to be involved in.

@NicoleAuerbach The issue is TT has paid NIL money. They want their money’s worth out of Sorsby. They are willing to burn NCAA Athletes down to get it back. Everyone sees it. If he had gone to the AD, confessed his mistakes and gone to the NCAA I would believe that he is sorry.

Texas Tech can and should do all the things it is doing to support Brendan Sorsby's recovery — but I don't see why he HAS to play football games. He can be in a structured environment, be at practice, & be around supportive teammates all without playing on Saturdays.

@TirbyMo @kirbyhocutt @TexasTechFB There are tens of thousands of young athletes who are in the same position, were given the same rules against gambling and who have not broken that rule. I am glad Brandon is getting help. Would he be getting help if he had not been caught? He only confessed when he was caught!

@kirbyhocutt @TexasTechFB Thank you Kirby. Let’s not forget this is a young man that is going through the recovery process of a dangerous mental disease. Being there for him as a person first and foremost is the best thing you and others surrounding him can do. Wreck em

@kirbyhocutt If the shoe was on the other foot, you would be arguing against letting Sorsby play. You will destroy college sports. My sons best friend and best man (Terry McDaniel) was a 4 year starting left tackle for Tech so I became a big fan, as big a fan that a Longhorn can be. Think!!!

@kirbyhocutt I love college sports. Professionals ruined their sports by make it about them instead of the fans. What you are telling me is that you feel it is your duty to support a person who was getting paid to go to school, play a child’s game while doing it and it’s ok to gamble too. NO!