Kirk Herbstreit says the Brendan Sorsby ruling basically means college athletes “can do whatever” they want because the NCAA is essentially toothless now. One of his main concerns is that the Brendan Sorsby injunction has essentially left college sports without a true governing body.
“I think what you said about gambling and everybody’s been talking about it since, you know, you don’t have to go to Vegas or have a bookie, you know, now you just do it on your phone and everybody’s been concerned about how this would impact uh the athletes themselves,” Kirk Herbstreit said on The Dan Patrick Show. “And, you know, the NFL and the professional sports have made a pretty strong statement. You know, we’ve seen NFL players that have been removed for seasons because they got caught up in doing this.
“And I think the biggest thing for me, and I think for all of us that follow college football, is who’s the governing body over the sport, and what power does that governing body have, if any? The NCAA, when they found out about this, they ruled him ineligible. And like we’ve seen in many other cases, when somebody finds out that the NCAA didn’t give them the answer they want, they go, ‘Okay, no problem. We’re just going to go to our local jurisdiction, local judge, and find out if we can make this happen.'”
Kirk Herbsteit finds the Brendan Sorsby situation ‘sickening’
“And I think the perception is that the judge shows up in a in a black suit in this case in a red tie and asks for an autograph after the the proceedings” Herbstreit continued. “And I think that’s the perception of how the sport is spinning out of control and there isn’t anybody in charge, um, let alone the gambling part of it.
“I don’t know Brendan Sorsby. I feel bad about the whole situation, but you know, if this were my son and he did what was it 9,000 bets? And I don’t know how much or how little he bet on. It’s just a premise behind what has happened here and the fact that the NCAA ruled that he is ineligible and then once again we find a local judge.
“It’s sickening that if you don’t hear what you like, you can just go to your local judge and find the answer that you want,” he added. “I just don’t know where this ends. If this is where we are right now, pretty much you can do whatever the hell you want to do in this sport, and if anybody says anything, just find a local judge to tell you the answer you want to get.”
This isn’t the first time Kirk Herbstreit has referenced college football “spiraling out of control”
In early 2024, Herbstreit explained on social media why he believed the exodus of college football coaches to the NFL at that time was just beginning.
“Without boundaries and regulation that make sense, coaches that get real opportunities in the NFL will be gone,” he wrote.
“This trend will continue until there is a new governing body and it creates a CBA with a players entity or union that would include issues like NIL-Transfer Portal-and eventually revenue sharing.
“The sport is spiraling out of control as we know and many these coaches are not sticking around and waiting. Just a new reality for the sport.”