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The Athletic’s Until Saturday highlights a controversial timing around booster Cody Campbell’s $274,300 donation to Ken Paxton’s U.S. Senate campaign—just as Paxton threatened action against the Big 12 over Brendan Sorsby’s eligibility at Texas Tech—illustrating how politics can intersect with college football off the field, alongside notes about stadium renaming, ACC chatter, and other off-season storylines.
As Brendan Sorsby weighs entering the NFL supplemental draft, scrutiny centers on whether he’ll face a suspension for underage gambling and betting on Indiana. Observers compare his case to Terrelle Pryor’s five-game ban and, more importantly, to Kayshon Boutte’s situation, where the NFL took no action after Boutte admitted a gambling addiction—timing and precedent that could influence how the league handles Sorsby before his NFL career starts.
Brendan Sorsby has filed a Texas state-court lawsuit seeking a court order to reinstate his NCAA eligibility for Texas Tech’s 2026 season, arguing the NCAA is hypocritical on gambling and delaying reinstatement causes irreparable harm; the NCAA maintains its rules on betting on one’s own team and has not yet received a reinstatement request, while Sorsby—who is in inpatient treatment for gambling addiction—had admitted betting on Indiana; the suit requests a June 15 hearing and notes that a ruling could advantage Texas Tech in the local court.