Colleges

The Brendan Sorsby saga is over. What did we learn, and how can college sports prevent this from happening again? Also: Why Vanderbilt coaches trust AD Candice Storey Lee.

Sticking with the Texas Tech-Brendan Sorsby theme, I chatted with a handful of legal experts about the suit filed Monday and, well, before Sorsby decided to leave for the NFL.

It was another busy week on the campus side of the industry. NACDA brought thousands of administrators together to discuss the dozens of issues facing the industry. Here were a few other headlines you might’ve missed:

Brendan Sorsby is no longer heading to Texas Tech, after all.

The Univ. of Oklahoma Board of Regents on Tuesday will “consider approving the issuance of bonds in an approximate amount” of $420M, which will “provide funding for the construction of student housing, parking and athletics projects -- a portion of which would go toward Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memor...

Pac-12 Commissioner Teresa Gould has “signed a five-year contract extension,” according to sources cited by sports writer John Canzano. Sources added the new deal “matches the term of the league’s Grant of Rights and media-rights contracts,” which both run through June 30, 2031. The Pac-12’s preside...

Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby “plans to apply” for the NFL’s supplemental draft, a “stunning reversal in the saga over his eligibility.” Sorsby’s decision caps what had been an active legal day. The Big 12 filed for a federal injunction Monday morning for the “right to potentially discipline Sorsby u...

Michigan State men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo on Monday “managed to unload about the constant controversies” surrounding the school amid the impending departure of MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz, according to Chris Solari of the DETROIT FREE PRESS. The situation at MSU has “dissent among its Board ...

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach is “backing the Big 12,” arguing that the conference can “punish Texas Tech amid a sports betting scandal.” The letter, posted Monday, follows one from Texas AG Ken Paxton threatening legal action against the Big 12 if it sanctions Texas Tech over QB Brendan Sorsb...

Michigan State signed a 10-year jersey patch sponsorship with MSU Federal Credit Union “across all sports, including football and men’s basketball.” It is the “first department-wide patch sponsorship in the Big Ten.” Practice jerseys also “will don MSUFCU branding, and so will the bumper of Michigan...