Just saw the Yahoo Sports piece on the Big 12 suing Texas Tech over Brendan Sorsby and I cannot stop shaking my head. This is what college football has become. A quarterback plays one season, decides he wants out, and now we have lawsuits and lawyers arguing over who owes who what. Back in the 1990s when we were fighting for respect in the WAC, a kid committed to a school and that was it. You worked through the spring, you competed in fall camp, and you earned your spot. Now we have legal briefs filed over a transfer quarterback who probably has an NIL deal worth more than my first house.
The Big 12 is turning into a courtroom instead of a football conference. We have the commissioner spending time on legal fees and lawsuits instead of worrying about the product on the field. This is what happens when you let the portal and NIL run wild with no guardrails. A kid shows up for spring ball, does not like his competition, and suddenly there is a lawsuit. Reminds me of the old Southwest Conference days when you settled things on the fied, not in a courthouse. We used to have handshake agreements between coaches. Now we have lawyers drafting non-compete clauses for 20-year-old quarterbacks.
The whole thing is a mess. Texas Tech is supposed to be one of the favorites in this league and instead they are dealing with legal headaches over a quarterback who might not even be there in the fall. Meanwhile programs like ours are trying to build the old-fashioned way with spring practice and player development. I would rather lose with kids who want to be here than win with a roster full of mercenaries and lawsuits.