Cincinnati coach Scott Satterfield claims Texas Tech tampered with quarterback Brendan Sorsby during his final season with the Bearcats. He said that Texas Tech was one of several universities that discussed transferring with Sorsby’s representatives prior to the conclusion of the Bearcats’ 2025 campaign, in violation of the NCAA’s tampering regulations.
“We had already heard that schools had reached out – Texas Tech in particular had already reached out — with four games left,” Satterfield told The Athletic. “So we knew we wouldn’t be able to compete financially with that, so we’d started looking for quarterbacks. … (After the season), he knew that if we tried to come up with money to pay him, we’re not going to have enough for other positions. Wished him good luck, and that was it.”
Ron Slavin, Brendan Sorsby’s agent, denied the allegations made by Satterfield, saying, “Never heard from teams (during the 2025 season).”
“(Tampering) happens no matter how you finish the season for everybody,” Satterfield continued. “If you’ve got a good player, people are going to contact them. It’s just how we live right now. Everybody’s got agents, and so the player never does it. They don’t really talk to anybody. The agents do all the talking, and they talk to the GMs out there recruiting people. It’s the world we’re living in right now, so there’s nothing you’re going to do about it.”
Yet another case of ‘he said-he said’
While Cincinnati is alleging misconduct by Brendan Sorsby and his reps, it is also suing him for breach of contract, claiming that his transfer to Texas Tech caused the school to suffer damages exceeding $1 million.
The school also has denied allegations made by Sorbsy’s agent that they learned about the quarterback’s sports betting in 2025, but it took little to no action.
Meanwhile, Brendan Sorsby is being investigated by gambling officials in Ohio and the NCAA has sent a letter of inquiry to Cincinnati regarding his time playing for the Bearcats.
“An inquiry letter is not uncommon and doesn’t necessarily signal wrongdoing, but it is often the start of an investigative process over possible rules violations, one that often is a collaborative effort with the school itself,” Ross Dellinger of Yahoo Sports reported on Wednesday.
All the University of Cincinnati had to say about the matter was, “We have had continuous conversations with the NCAA since the initial reports related to impermissible sports wagering began. As we have stated before, we do not believe any athletics official or staff member was aware of any impermissible sports wagering.”