How some Big 12 officials, including Utah AD Mark Harlan, reacted to the Brendan Sorsby ruling

The college sports world was rocked to its very core on Monday morning as embattled Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby won a temporary restraining order against the NCAA that will enable the transfer from Cincinnati to play for the Red Raiders this season despite having admitted to an addiction to gambling, including bets placed on his own team.

Local Texas Judge Ken Curry’s decision to grant the QB’s injunction request sent shock waves not only in the Big 12 — where Texas Tech competes against the likes of BYU and Utah — but throughout the country, and especially brought into question the NCAA’s power to rule over any of its member schools, including Texas Tech.

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Reaction to the ruling, aside from the obvious elation in Lubbock, was a mixture of outrage, astonishment and incredulity, and at least one athletic director in the Big 12 questioned whether or not other schools in the Power Four conference, let alone other schools throughout the country, should even play the Red Raiders in any sports this season.

“We’ve had some serious conversation about it,” Kansas State athletic director Gene Taylor told Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports, while noting that the Wildcats aren’t scheduled to play Texas Tech in football in 2026. “There is still a lot to be discussed. …. It is something we have to look at from a college football perspective. This is greater than the Big 12.”

Neither BYU nor Utah is scheduled to play Texas Tech this season, after the Red Raiders went 3-0 last year against the Utah-based schools.

Utah athletic director Mark Harlan took to X to post his opinion, saying he is “disheartened by the injunction issued today in the Brendan Sorsby matter, which will allow him to compete this fall despite clear violations of NCAA policies and ethical guidelines.”

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Continued Harlan: “We are all committed to supporting student-athlete well-being, but we also must have a definitive path forward that preserves the most basic…

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Publish date : 2026-06-08 21:59:00

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