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07/08 17:18 CDT NCAA sends letter of inquiry to Cincinnati about Brendan
Sorsby, according to reports
NCAA sends letter of inquiry to Cincinnati about Brendan Sorsby, according to
reports
By The Associated Press
The NCAA wants to know what the University of Cincinnati knew about former
quarterback Brendan Sorsby and his gambling issues during his two seasons with
the program.
According to reports by multiple media outlets, the NCAA has sent an official
letter of inquiry to the school regarding Sorsby, who was ruled permanently
ineligible by the NCAA in April after he placed thousands of impermissible
sports bets over the past four years.
Sorsby spent two seasons each at Indiana and Cincinnati before transferring to
reigning Big 12 champion Texas Tech in January, and his ineligibility ruling
touched off an unprecedented legal battle that Sorsby ultimately dropped. While
Sorsby won't play and plans to enter next year's NFL draft, coach Joey McGuire
said this week that he still expects the quarterback to make occasional trips
to Lubbock and will have access to the school's athletic facilities.
Cincinnati coach Scott Satterfield, who was Sorsby's coach during his two
seasons with the Bearcats, declined to comment on reports about the letter of
inquiry at Wednesday's Big 12 Media Days in Frisco, Texas.
Yahoo Sports was first to disclose the existence of the letter and ESPN also
reported that Cincinnati had received it, with both citing anonymous sources.
Sending a letter of inquiry is a standard procedural step in which the NCAA
notifies a school of plans to examine an issue, though it doesn't automatically
equate to the existence of a rules violation.
A Cincinnati spokesperson declined to say if the school had received an inquiry
from the NCAA.
"We have had continuous conversations with the NCAA since the initial reports
related to impermissible sports wagering began," the spokesperson said in a
statement to The Associated Press. "As we have stated before, we do not believe
any athletics official or staff member was aware of any impermissible sports
wagering."
NCAA spokeswoman Meghan Durham Wright said Wednesday that the organization
doesn't comment on pending or potential investigations.
The NCAA declared Sorsby ineligible for making bets worth at least $90,000
during his college career.
Sorsby made at least 40 bets on Indiana while he was a freshman there in 2022,
but none of those bets came on games in he played. He acknowledged placing at
least 165 impermissible bets on college and professional sports totaling at
least $38,000 in 2024, including three wagers on Cincinnati men's basketball
made on a FanDuel account he shared with a friend. He provided more than
$60,000 to the friend to deposit in the shared account between December 2023
and June 2025.
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