On Monday, the entire college sports landscape had a massive bomb dropped on it. While the Ohio State football program was busy trying to land some recruits, Texas Tech finally learned the fate of Brendean Sosby and his eligibility for this season. The courts decided to let him play.
That was despite the fact that Sorsby placed thousands of bets on sporting events during his time at Indiana and Cincinnati. Yet, a Lubbock judge awarded him a temporary injunction, allowing him to immediately be eligible for this season. It's the wrong decision for a lot of reasons.
While it looks like Sorsby is going to be able to play this season, athletic programs across the country are not happy with Texas Tech. In fact, some have decided to take matters into their own hands. The Big Ten is now reportedly ready to dish out some vigilante justice to the Red Raiders, as well.
Big Ten reportedly mulling plan to not schedule Texas Tech in any sports moving forward
According to a report from ESPN's Pete Thamel, the Big Ten is going to discuss a possible proposal to no longer schedule Texas Tech in any sports. Nebraska athletic director Troy Dannen has already directed his sports to no longer schedule the Red Raiders in any future contests.
The Buckeyes don't have any plans to play Texas Tech in football any time soon. Other sports could follow suit if this discussion results in everyone coming to an agreement. This is one of the rare times in college athletics that everyone seems to disagree with the ruling that came down.
The Big Ten isn't the only conference putting out possible mandates. Georgia has already issued a similar edict. The rest of the Big 12 is threatening to boycott games against the Red Raiders. Everyone else wants to punish Texas Tech for this extremely poor decision.
Ross Bjork should lead the way in icing out Texas Tech
If the Ohio State Buckeyes want to be on the right side of history, Ross Bjork needs to lead the charge against Texas Tech. Icing out Texas Tech might be the only way that they actually decide to do something about Sorsby. They might be able to be pressured into suspending him.
The two-game suspension that Sorsby is serving based on this ruling is clearly not enough. He should not play at all, and his college football career should be over. Right now, the Red Raiders only care about winning games, and not the integrity of them. That's why no one wants to play them.
Who can trust Texas Tech to keep the integrity of the game when they are allowing one of their players to compete consistently, knowingly violating that? Not only that, but the Red Raiders advocated for that player not to have any meaningful consequences for his actions.
Ohio State football fans everywhere should hope that the Big Ten decides to do this. Hitting Tech in their wallet is the only way to get them to change anything.
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