Former player and ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit appeared on The Dan Patrick Show recently. He addressed a lot of issues on the show, especially the direction college football is headed.

Touching upon the Brendan Sorsby case, Herbstreit gave his unfiltered opinion on the matter, where the power dynamic has shifted towards the players.

" We've gone from players having zero say to these players' empowerment, where now they have all the say," said Herbstreit, "And and what I worry about, I'm a father of four sons. All of them have played in college football. And I'm not an old guy yelling at the clouds. I care about the players."

Herbstreit pointed out that Sorsby was making about five million dollars from his contract, an amount that will only keep rising from here on. The analyst feared that the "pay for play" policy was essentially "bribing a kid to come to your school."

"Two years from now maybe it's 10 million you know to go and play. What are we what are we teaching?" Herbstreit asked.

Young players become used to this lifestyle and are unable to cope if they don't make it to the NFL, which is true for a majority of college football players. That invariably becomes a very hard reality check for the college players, feels Herbstreit.

The focus on making money is what leads desperate players to seek loopholes to bypass the rules. Ole Miss QB Trinidad Chambliss won a lawsuit to play a sixth season despite NCAA ineligibility, further showing courts overriding rules.

Now Sorsby is on a similar pathway. Amid all the chaos surrounding his football career, the quarterback is currently looking at a future with the NFL through a supplemental draft.

Brendan Sorsby Makes an Important Future Decision

Despite making it to the Texas Tech Raiders, Brendan Sorsby couldn't play a single snap after NCAA declared him ineligible. Sorsby's attorneys appealed to a Texas judge, who granted the Texas Tech QB a temporary injunction that allowed him to play.

However, after extensive protests by the NCAA and Big 12 officials, Sorsby has now decided to end the court case, and his attorneys are expected to withdraw the eligibility lawsuit. Instead, Sorsby has chosen to enter the NFL's Supplemental Draft.

The quarterback had admitted to a g******* addiction and wagered over $90,000, including b*** made on the Hoosiers games, while he was still rostered. Texas Tech has stood behind Sorsby through all this.

Texas Tech Board of Regents chairman Cody Campbell released a statement addressing the matter.

"Brendan, while he made mistakes that he openly admits, has also been part of a much larger broken and predatory system, and we believe all people deserve a second chance," said Campbell.

Texas Tech has also said it would keep providing recovery resources. Furthermore, the school has also guaranteed it won't seek repayment for any of the NIL money already paid to Sorsby.

As for Kirk Herbstreit, it seems he will continue to be vocal about the privileges talented players like Sorsby enjoy, especially if they go against the integrity of the sport.

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Written by

Sourav Ganguly

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Arundhoti Palit