Welcome to the modern era of college sports, where the playbook has been replaced by a litigation manual. Our new savior under center, Brenden Sorsby, is currently being chased across state lines—not by a defensive end, but by the University of Cincinnati’s legal department. It turns out the Bearcats are a little sensitive about Sorsby skipping town and taking a cool $1 million “exit fee” with him.
According to a federal lawsuit, Sorsby signed an 18-month NIL deal with Cincinnati that was supposed to keep him in Ohio through 2026. Instead, he pulled a classic Lubbock move: he saw something shinier in the distance (presumably a Matador Club check and the intoxicating aroma of cow manure), entered the portal in January, and headed for the South Plains. Cincinnati claims he owed them the million-dollar buyout within 30 days of leaving, but Sorsby’s reps basically told the university to kick rocks.
The University of Cincinnati released a statement that is the peak of “passive-aggressive ex-girlfriend” energy. They claimed they have a “duty” to protect their resources while simultaneously wishing Sorsby “success in the future.” Translation: We hope you have a great season, but we are absolutely going to garnish your game-day snacks until we get our money back. So, while we’re all busy buying Sorsby jerseys and dreaming of a bowl game that isn’t in Shreveport, our QB1 is busy dodging process servers. It’s nice to know that even with millions of dollars on the line, college football still maintains that charming, amateur spirit of “taking the money and running as fast as humanly possible.”
Nothing says “Wreck ‘Em” quite like starting your Texas Tech career with a federal lawsuit and a seven-figure debt, right?