Link: Texas Tech QB Sorsby Entering Treatment for Gambling Addiction
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I’ll touch the third rail.
Sorsby’s suit is an attempt to obscure causation vs. accountability.
Maybe he has an addiction. Maybe he doesn’t. I don’t know.
That’s the answer to the popular question, and that far too often in today’s mores gets a get out of jail free card.
It’s not the answer to whether he should be held accountable for his actions.
He should be.
As in, if you bet on college football, you should be banned for at least one year. If you do it again, it’s for life.
If you bet on your own team (whether for or against), it’s first offense discharge. You lose all college eligibility for life.
Your football career is now a ward of the tender mercies of the NFL.
If they kill an innocent person, we don’t let psychopaths skate because they have a mental illness.
At a far lesser level of severity, we shouldn't allow compulsive gamblers (even if they really are mentally ill, as opposed to trying to dodge consequences) to skate with a stint in rehab.
It’s bad for the gambler — they have no incentive to stop the behavior.
And it’s bad for the schmucks (like me) who still hold out hope for collegiate sports.
Sorsby’s suit is an attempt to obscure causation vs. accountability.
Maybe he has an addiction. Maybe he doesn’t. I don’t know.
That’s the answer to the popular question, and that far too often in today’s mores gets a get out of jail free card.
It’s not the answer to whether he should be held accountable for his actions.
He should be.
As in, if you bet on college football, you should be banned for at least one year. If you do it again, it’s for life.
If you bet on your own team (whether for or against), it’s first offense discharge. You lose all college eligibility for life.
Your football career is now a ward of the tender mercies of the NFL.
If they kill an innocent person, we don’t let psychopaths skate because they have a mental illness.
At a far lesser level of severity, we shouldn't allow compulsive gamblers (even if they really are mentally ill, as opposed to trying to dodge consequences) to skate with a stint in rehab.
It’s bad for the gambler — they have no incentive to stop the behavior.
And it’s bad for the schmucks (like me) who still hold out hope for collegiate sports.
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He's likely been so "outed" that, like Pete Rose, they have the equivalent of his gambling slips with his fingerprints all over them. He can't lie his way out of his gambling. So he claims disability. Might be the only way he sees to stay out of jail and be protected from the mob. Who knows? If he can keep folks thinking about his eligibility and not prison, that's a big win.
Yeah, remember when all the celebrities were having affairs and they said they were addicts? I did not believe them either.
I knew a guy years ago who was a serial adulterer and he claimed it because he was a sex addict.
Like how about exercising a modicum of self-control dude.
Yeah, every time some public figure gets undeniably busted doing anything -- stealing, adultery, DUI, whatever, it's because of an addiction of some sort and they immediately go into "treatment."
It might be true in a small minority of instances. But it's become a get out of jail free card played way, way too often.
This shouldn't be up for debate. I don't care what kind of addiction he has, or whether or not he was actively playing. He should face the same consequences as Brad Bohannon. If we start making exceptions for this based on circumstances, you start heading down a slippery slope.
Let’s see what the judge rules in Sorsby’s suit for relief from the NCAA’s ruling. Hearing set for next Monday in Texas.
Couple of situations I was familiar with while working with GA. First, young guy was a soccer player at a small college. Bright dude, finance major on scholarship. Starts sports betting, mostly football. Strung together a “hot streak” during the season, winning over $200k. Then the losing came. Lost all it in the course of about 6 months. He had finished his finance degree, started with a wealth management firm. Soon he was embezzling from clients. Lost his license, was fired and last I talked to him he was facing a 5-10 year sentence.
Another was a guy that was a CPA and a long time friend convinced him to take over as VP of Accounting/Finance of his company. This guy wasn’t a big time gambler, however he did accompany his friend, the business owner, on weekend trips to Atlantic City and Las Vegas. His buddy was a high roller. In the course of a few years, he developed his gambling “bug” and to feed his addiction started embezzling funds from his friend’s business (to the tune of over $2.5 million). His friend gave him 30 days to make restitution before calling authorities. He showed up at our meeting the night before he was to be arrested. Last I heard of him.
The point? Both cases were guys with compulsive gambling addictions. In the end both had to suffer the consequences. I had to suffer the consequences related to my gambling issues. It made me a better man and a better person.
Why should Brendan Sorsby be any different??
I don't believe he has an addiction. I think he got caught gambling and tried to play the victim. I think he is using his rehab stint to try to get back in. Both his schools now want their money back, so he trying to weasel his way out of that. maybe I am just a cynical jerk but I am not buying his poor me victim.
So in the above two scenarios I mentioned, why do you think they showed up at a Gamblers Anonymous meeting a day or two before they appeared in court? Because they genuinely felt they had a problem and were seeking help or being able to have their attorney say “he realized he has a problem and looking to address it via a 12 Step Program”? And if it was the former, why wait until the meeting before your court date?
I don’t know Sorsby’s intentions, but the cynic in me says he probably does have a gambling problem but the treatment was about preserving eligibility and NIL revenue, not getting help.
I’ve seen it far too many times.
Sorsby may or may not have an addiction. I don't know. But that should be irrelevant to whether he faces consequences for his bets.
Unfortunately, it is not all that uncommon for alcohol addicts to drive drunk and cause wrecks that kill other people. Should they skate with a trip to rehab simply because they're addicts and were under the influence of their addiction when they snuffed out one or more innocent lives?
I don't think so. Why would Sorsby's addiction (assuming it exists at all) be treated any differently?
Unfortunately, it is not all that uncommon for alcohol addicts to drive drunk and cause wrecks that kill other people. Should they skate with a trip to rehab simply because they're addicts and were under the influence of their addiction when they snuffed out one or more innocent lives?
I don't think so. Why would Sorsby's addiction (assuming it exists at all) be treated any differently?
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Sorsby's gambling habit wasn't a problem until he got caught. IMO the whole getting treatment was just damage control.
Charles Bediako watching the Texas judge let Sorsby play
It seems like this was a lot bigger than we were led to believe. "Brendan Sorsby placed at least 40 bets involving Indiana football as a quarterback for the Hoosiers, used sportsbook accounts registered to a family member and friends to wager approximately $90,000 over four years, and continued to gamble after transferring from Cincinnati to Texas Tech in December, according to court documents filed Friday."
I thought he was trying to use the excuse that it only happened when he wasn't actively playing. He definitely should never be allowed to play college football again. Even if he does have a gambling addiction, he still didn't have to bet on college football. There are many other things he could've bet on that wouldn't be as much of a problem. I know the NCAA has a rule that players cannot bet on any sports (amateur or professional) in which the NCAA holds championships, but it would still be far less egregious in my eyes if he chose to bet on MLB, NBA, or something like that. Heck, I wouldn't even have much of an issue with it if he chose to bet on NFL. But that's not even mentioning the fact that there are many other things he could've bet on without penalty, like horse racing. I didn't realize a gambling addiction was specific to a single sports league.
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I thought he was trying to use the excuse that it only happened when he wasn't actively playing. He definitely should never be allowed to play college football again. Even if he does have a gambling addiction, he still didn't have to bet on college football. There are many other things he could've bet on that wouldn't be as much of a problem. I know the NCAA has a rule that players cannot bet on any sports (amateur or professional) in which the NCAA holds championships, but it would still be far less egregious in my eyes if he chose to bet on MLB, NBA, or something like that. Heck, I wouldn't even have much of an issue with it if he chose to bet on NFL. But that's not even mentioning the fact that there are many other things he could've bet on without penalty, like horse racing. I didn't realize a gambling addiction was specific to a single sports league.
Sorsby placed at least 40 bets on Indiana football as Hoosiers QB
Brendan Sorsby placed at least 40 bets involving Indiana football as a QB for the Hoosiers and used sportsbook accounts registered to a family member and friends to wager approximately $90,000 over four years, according to court documents filed Friday.
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BU BU Bu Bu But ... Pete Roseeeeeee!It seems like this was a lot bigger than we were led to believe. "Brendan Sorsby placed at least 40 bets involving Indiana football as a quarterback for the Hoosiers, used sportsbook accounts registered to a family member and friends to wager approximately $90,000 over four years, and continued to gamble after transferring from Cincinnati to Texas Tech in December, according to court documents filed Friday."
I thought he was trying to use the excuse that it only happened when he wasn't actively playing. He definitely should never be allowed to play college football again. Even if he does have a gambling addiction, he still didn't have to bet on college football. There are many other things he could've bet on that wouldn't be as much of a problem. I know the NCAA has a rule that players cannot bet on any sports (amateur or professional) in which the NCAA holds championships, but it would still be far less egregious in my eyes if he chose to bet on MLB, NBA, or something like that. Heck, I wouldn't even have much of an issue with it if he chose to bet on NFL. But that's not even mentioning the fact that there are many other things he could've bet on without penalty, like horse racing. I didn't realize a gambling addiction was specific to a single sports league.
Sorsby placed at least 40 bets on Indiana football as Hoosiers QB
Brendan Sorsby placed at least 40 bets involving Indiana football as a QB for the Hoosiers and used sportsbook accounts registered to a family member and friends to wager approximately $90,000 over four years, according to court documents filed Friday.
It seems like this was a lot bigger than we were led to believe. "Brendan Sorsby placed at least 40 bets involving Indiana football as a quarterback for the Hoosiers, used sportsbook accounts registered to a family member and friends to wager approximately $90,000 over four years, and continued to gamble after transferring from Cincinnati to Texas Tech in December, according to court documents filed Friday."
I thought he was trying to use the excuse that it only happened when he wasn't actively playing. He definitely should never be allowed to play college football again. Even if he does have a gambling addiction, he still didn't have to bet on college football. There are many other things he could've bet on that wouldn't be as much of a problem. I know the NCAA has a rule that players cannot bet on any sports (amateur or professional) in which the NCAA holds championships, but it would still be far less egregious in my eyes if he chose to bet on MLB, NBA, or something like that. Heck, I wouldn't even have much of an issue with it if he chose to bet on NFL. But that's not even mentioning the fact that there are many other things he could've bet on without penalty, like horse racing. I didn't realize a gambling addiction was specific to a single sports league.
Sorsby placed at least 40 bets on Indiana football as Hoosiers QB
Brendan Sorsby placed at least 40 bets involving Indiana football as a QB for the Hoosiers and used sportsbook accounts registered to a family member and friends to wager approximately $90,000 over four years, according to court documents filed Friday.
Based on the timeline, I have a wild guess that this was a known issue and that the incoming Cignetti might well have given Soresby the option of moving along or be sent packing.
I could come up with examples from all sorts of fields, but it is always interesting when there are cases that suggest that problems are allowed to just move on as long as I'm able to get them out of my house. For example, there are many known cases of doctors who are at the center of repeated malpractice problems and are allowed to quietly move on, but this results in more people being hurt until it inevitable crashes out at the point of being no longer avoidable.
The Catholic Church did that with pedophile priests.
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