The Big 12 is not happy. A state court has ruled the NCAA cannot stop Sorsby from playing for Texas Tech. Now the conference is trying to figure out what it can actually do about it.

ESPN's Pete Thamel reported the details on Get Up. Fifteen of the sixteen Big 12 schools do not think Sorsby should play. Only one school is on the other side of that.

"There's 16 schools in the Big 12. 15 of them do not think Brendan Sorsby should play," Thamel said on the show. "It's very clear there is some type of action wanted by the 15 other schools."

The ADs already had their say on a conference call. That was step one. Step two is Thursday, when the executive board meets. Five presidents, five chancellors, and commissioner Brett Yormark will sit down and go over what the conference can legally do to Texas Tech.

After that, the full group of Big 12 presidents will meet early next week. A decision could come out of that call.

One option being explored is Big 12 Bylaw 3.6. That is the same kind of mechanism the Big Ten used to punish Michigan during the Connor Stalions sign-stealing scandal. Whether it applies here is exactly what the lawyers are working through.

Dan Wetzel had a different take on what this moment means for college football overall. He called it dark but important.

"It will be the best thing that has ever happened for college football," Wetzel said. "This is going to be the line of demarcation. With NIL, with tampering, with the transfer portal. This era is going to be marked by an asterisk."

Wetzel also made the point that this is hitting harder because of who is involved. Sorsby is a legitimate CFP-level player at a school that can compete for a national title. If this had happened at a mid-major, nobody would be this fired up.

"No. There's no one in charge," he said.

Thamel closed with a blunt assessment when Greenberg asked if anyone is actually in charge here.

Why This Has to Be the Breaking Point

Rodgers argued the scariest part is not Sorsby. It is what comes next if no one draws the line now.

"Think about the next kid that's not making a ton of money in NIL that goes, well, maybe if I just placed a couple bets," Rodgers said on Get Up. "Where does the line stop?"

His point was simple. Congress or the SEC and Big Ten need to step in. If they don't, the sport keeps sliding further into chaos every time a local judge decides to weigh in.

Do you think the Big 12 should sit Sorsby despite the court ruling? Let us know in the comments.

Written by

Farheen Fathima

Edited by

Aadesh Dhote