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Brendan Sorsby Faces Long Odds In Fight Against Permanent NCAA Gambling Ban

Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby is trying to do what no other college athlete has done: Force the NCAA to stand down on enforcing its sacrosanct policy that permanently bans athletes who have wagered on their own team. "It would be unprecedented," said Jodi Balsam, a former arbitrator of NCAA infractions cases who is director of the Sports Law Clinic at Brooklyn Law School. "They have never excused betting on one’s own sport or team and it routinely has been met with the harshest of penalties." Texas Tech said Monday it had declared Sorsby ineligible after it finalized an agreed-upon sti...