Add TCU coach Sonny Dykes and athletic director Mike Buddie to the list of people incensed about the Sorsby ruling on what Dykes called “a bad day for college football.”
Another key worry from the Horned Frogs’ head coach is that players will think its allowable to bet on football now after seeing Sorsby came out of the situation with just a slap on the wrist.
“You would hope that there would be someone at some point that says, ‘Hey look, this is not a good thing for the game and I care enough about the game to not let this happen,'” Dykes continued. “I think it’s sad that these adults and people who are supposed to guide college football aren’t guiding it. I think it’s a shame. Everyone is looking out for their self-interests. No one is looking out for what’s right in college football.”
Conversations are ongoing within the Big 12 about how schools will handle the ruling. Buddie and Kansas State AD Gene Taylor said there is some informal chatter going around the league about not playing Texas Tech. Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark said meetings will occur this week.
“We anticipate having conversations surrounding it,” Buddie said. “We’re all anticipating it, but this has not been formally discussed.”
TCU is currently scheduled to play at Texas Tech in the regular season finale on Nov. 26.
Sorsby admitted he had placed at least $90,000 in bets on college and professional sports over the last four years, including 40 bets on Indiana while he played for the Hoosiers. Rather than being ruled ineligible for the entire season, he’ll sit out the Red Raiders’ first two games against Abilene Christian and Oregon State.
“At the core, for 50 years, grown-ups in charge of higher education have made decisions to do what’s right,” Buddie said. “This is a situation, there’s clearly an opportunity to do what’s right. I hope that’s where we end up.”