Update: Sorsby Reportedly Entering NFL Supplemental Draft

UPDATE: Sorsby to Enter NFL Supplemental Draft

The Brendan Sorsby saga has seemingly come to its college end.

According to multiple reports Monday evening, Sorsby will enter the NFL’s Supplemental Draft.

It looks as if Brett Yormark doesn’t intend on getting pushed around by Texas Tech or the Texas attorney general as it pertains to Brendan Sorsby.

The Big 12 on Monday filed a legal complaint in the Northern District of Texas seeking a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief to allow the conference to use its bylaws to potentially punish the quarterback engulfed in a gambling scandal. This filing comes after Texas attorney general Ken Paxton last week warned that any sanctions the Big 12 tried to impose on Sorsby or Texas Tech would be met with legal action.

The Big 12’s 47-page complaint listed Paxton, Tech AD Kirby Hocutt, Tech president Lawrence Schovanec, Tech chancellor Brandon Creighton, Texas Tech University and the Texas Tech University System as defendants.

The Big 12 Board of Directors released the following statement on Monday:

“Last night, the Big 12 filed a legal complaint asking a federal court to protect the constitutional and contractual rights of the Conference and our member institutions to take actions expressly permitted under our Bylaws. The Big 12 has long spoken out about the dangers of sports wagering by student-athletes and remains committed to protecting the competitive integrity of conference competition. Universities should not field players who have bet on their own team’s games in college athletics.

“This situation is evolving with pending legal matters and the upcoming start of the football season, and the Conference hopes for a timely resolution of these issues.  The Board continues to keep all options on the table.”

The league is asking a federal judge to permit the Big 12 to enforce its own rules, which allows a supermajority vote to decide whether Tech’s conduct warrants sanctions. The suit also hinted at what those could be, including monetary sanctions and/or a ban from the Big 12 title game should Sorsby play.

The arguments the Big 12 makes in the filing span from Sorsby playing creating “serious integrity concerns” to just about everyone outside of Lubbock agreeing that Sorsby shouldn’t be allowed to play.

If you’ve somehow managed to avoid this saga until now, first off, congratulations. Secondly, let’s get you caught up. Sorsby transferred to Tech from Cincinnati this offseason before an investigation came to light that resulted in Sorsby admitting that he bet thousands of times, including 40 instances of placing bets on Indiana football while he was with the Hoosiers. Even after enrolling at Tech, Sorsby admitted to sending about $5,000 to someone to be on his behalf.

Sorsby spent time in a rehabilitation clinic, and the NCAA deemed him ineligible. But last week, a Texas judge granted Sorsby a temporary injunction, taking Sorsby from missing the entire season to missing just two games against Abilene Christian and Oregon State.

So, it’s gone from looking like Sorsby wouldn’t play to looking like he would, and now the Big 12’s filing puts that back up in the air.

More on the filing: Pete Thamel (ESPN), Ross Dellenger (Yahoo)