The Brendan Sorsby saga is over, at least on his end.

Sorsby and the NFL Players Association announced this week that he is abandoning any legal action against the NFL for refusing to hold a supplemental draft for him.

I’m relieved to see that happen. It’s in everybody’s best interest. 

Could Sorsby have actually won the case? I honestly have no idea. It feels like it takes a law degree to cover college sports these days, and I don’t actually have one.

But even if he could have won, is that really the way you want to enter the NFL? There was already going to be plenty of scrutiny because of the gambling scandal. Did he really need the added stigma of being the guy who had to sue his way into the league instead of waiting a year and accepting his punishment?

We’ve heard plenty about how real his gambling addiction is or was, and how badly this time is needed for him to recover and get back on track. Now, Sorsby can do that without the pressure of a season looming. 

In the end, this basically worked out to be a one-year suspension for betting on his own team 40 times. That feels much closer to the punishment fitting the crime than the original two-game suspension.

For college football’s sake, it’s a good thing this is how it worked out. Despite a judge’s controversial ruling, the message was still sent: betting on your own team will not be tolerated.

I genuinely wish Sorsby nothing but the best. He’s talented enough to have a great NFL career, and he can still turn this into an incredible redemption story.

But there are still hard feelings between the Big 12 and Texas Tech.

This week, Iowa State AD Jamie Pollard told 365 Sports that he is adamantly in favor of Texas Tech paying the Big 12’s legal fees from the Sorsby ordeal.

I don’t agree with him, but I certainly understand his frustration. 

I’ve covered this before in Open For Business, but if I were the Big 12 at this point, my main goal would be finding some harmony between everyone. Slapping Texas Tech with what amounts to a fine for the legal fees would do the opposite of that.

But just listen to Pollard’s tone in that clip. You can hear how much emotion is still there over how Tech handled the Sorsby ruling. And he probably isn’t the only one still running hot. 

It wasn’t long ago that Texas Tech board chair and megabooster Cody Campbell was taking a shot at UCF AD Terry Mohajir on Twitter. 

These are obvious clues that there is still plenty of tension between the Red Raiders and the other 15 schools. 

That makes Big 12 Media Days next Tuesday and Wednesday in Frisco that much more fascinating. Will everyone take the high road with the cameras and microphones rolling? Or will there be more shots fired? 

Truly, I’m hoping for the former. 

I’ll have boots on the ground at The Star to find out either way.

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