May 6, 2026 • 7 mins
Attorney Stuart W. Penrose of Minnillo Law Group joins us every week to discuss sports and the law. Former UC quarterback Brendan Sorsby is hiring a lawyer to regain his eligibility. What are his possible legal positions? And could he be investigated by the Feds?
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Tuesdays, we talked with our sports legal expert from the
Manilo Law Group, attorney Stewart W. Penrose, and Uh, he
joined us last week and it was the day after
the Brendan Sorosby story had broken. Yesterday we found out
that Soresby has hired a high profile attorney in an
effort to, I guess, maintain his eligibility. And so we
(00:21):
had more questions and Stewart is here. Good afternoon, sir.
How are you.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
I'm doing at yourself.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
I'm doing well. So let's talk Brendan Sowersby. He has
not yet been ruled ineligible. Now it's fair to it's
fair to conclude that there's at least a very good
chance that he is ultimately declared ineligible to play college football.
Would him hiring this high profile attorney suggest that he
(00:49):
expects to be to be declared ineligible.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Yes, absolutely, in very very high probability is going to
be deemed in eligible. He's smart to get ahead of
it right now. Uh. You know, this attorney's very experienced
and working in these matters, and you know, working for athletes,
and you know, we'll see what happens here. But certainly
he's trying to get ahead, if not to you know,
(01:13):
potentially beat the charge to stay eligible at least to
have a mitigating factors that a lawyer present mid mitigating
factors him that could potentially lessen his punishments. But you know,
if the accusations you know that he bet on, you know,
certainly on college football games while he was a player Indiana,
if those are shown to be true, yeah, he's he's
going to be deemed in eligible now.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
So like it seems like this would then be pretty
black and white, Like he if he wagered on sports
that he's not allowed to weigh raw on, including games
that his team is participating in, he's ineligible. So based
on that, what possibly could his case be.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
Well, at that point, it's about mitigation. It's about what,
you know, what factors can bring down his punishments and
you know soften uh, you know, some culpability. You know,
it's a line that I've used in Quart a million
times more, Judge, is not an excuse, but it is
an explanation. You know, the fact that he's going to
get treatment right now for a gambling addiction. I have
(02:12):
no idea if this lawyer is going to contest some
of the ways that press. The nc double A found
evidence and you know, see if there's any violations there,
who knows, but certainly it seemed like this would be
more for mitigation, and you know, softening the aura around
absorbs me.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
Right now, there's the eligibility question.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
There's questions about whether he would then jump to the
supplemental draft that the NFL has every summer that very
few players are ever involved in. And then I've read
that possibly what he has been doing, or what he's
alleged perhaps to be doing, is going to gain the
attention of the FBI.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
Why and how might this play out?
Speaker 2 (02:50):
Well, we'll see what happens there. I mean, it's not automatic.
I mean just just just because there's an NCAA eligibility here,
she doesn't necessarily mean there's criminal elements. You know, that
said the c A is going to look and see
if there's sort of you know, fraud, Is there a
larger scale gambling ring that he's a part of them.
It is about an accusation of just saying what the
nca would look for. You know, certainly, if he indeed
(03:13):
was a player making bets on his own team's games,
was he using some sort of inside information there. I mean,
it's not just about impropriety mode, but the appearance of it.
You know, that's when the uh, you know, that's when
the FBI would get involved.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Attorney Steward W. Penrose from the Manila Law Group is
our sports legal expert. I want to ask you about this.
The Big Twelve is entering an agreement. And I always
sort of glaze over whenever I read about private equity
firms because I'm not exactly sure what they do. But
the Big Twelve is going to enter a private equity agreement.
(03:48):
So I understand, like there's the financial part of this,
but I also gather there's legal questions that hover over
the member institutions of the Big Twelve, including obviously the
University of Cincinnati.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
What are some of the legal questions for those schools?
Speaker 2 (04:05):
Sure? I mean, it's essentially what you have when you uh,
when you sign into equity private equity, is that you're trading, uh,
you know, an influx of cash, cash infusion for control. UH.
And and who is going to be making some of
these decisions on behalf of these conferences? Uh? Is it
going to be the conferences or is private Q What
are you going to have the bigger say you know,
in terms of TV deals, in terms of scheduling, uh,
(04:29):
non controuls, you name it. You know, you you've now
allowed private equity into the room. And you know certainly
there's pluses with that, uh, you know, especially for a
conference like the Big twelve that you know is trying
to stay financially relevant with the UH, with the Big
ten in the SEC. But but yes, you've invited you
know the third parties in there that you know have
(04:50):
the control, have a state AKI, it's control.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
They have all right, one more to ask you about, so, uh.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf last year during a
game against the Lines at Ford Field, there was this
altercation with a fan and I had totally forgotten about
this until I saw that prosecutors have said that no
charges are going to be filed against DK Metcalf for
this altercation that ultimately led to him getting a two
(05:18):
game suspension. I understand why he got suspended. I think
most of us who have any common sense would agree
that he should face some action from the league if
he engages in something like this with a fan. But
the criminal case seemed flimsy. I kind of feel like
the fan involves civil case seems flimsy, what say you?
Speaker 2 (05:39):
It certainly appears appears to me when you look at
what happened that's said. I mean, just because a criminal
case failed or is not brought forward, civil cases are
a lower burden to proof, you know, it's just preponderance
of the evidence. You know, as a plane iff, you've
got to preserve prove something is more likely than not
to have been the case instead of yonder reasonable doubt.
(06:02):
But yeah, it doesn't seem like a whole heck of
a lot happened to the fan at the you know,
at the end of the day, here mo, what is
the fan's actual damages? Who knows? And you know, I
understand what metcalf is saying in terms of what this
fan may have said to him. It sounds like they're
real there could have been a racial slur used, and
he's filed a counterclaim against the fan. I mean, my
understanding is that he is that by having that two
(06:24):
game suspension, he lost out on you know, potential bonuses
worth millions as well. So so certainly he's had a
you know, a far reaching effect, you know, over this ordeal.
But yes, it seems the fan's got a very upfill
battle to prove his case.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Yeah, certainly seems like an attorney's store. Toebedy Penrose from
the Manilo Law Group, I plan on not getting into
any altercations with any NFL players, But if I do,
and if I need an attorney, could the Manila Law
Group help me?
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Yes, you could speak to my colleague Rob Feeling. You
could certainly help you if if you're try to assault
an NFL player, which I recommend that you don't do.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
All right, what else can you tell us about the
Manila Law Group?
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Yes, well, I can tell you right now. I'm looking
out the window in my office. Moment's raining. The roads
are not particularly safe out there. You need to be
very careful when you're on the road, and if somebody
hits you, I want you to call me at the
Minila Lag Group at five one three seven two three sixteen.
Be careful on the road, and when others aren't and
they cause your injury, give us a call to the
Manila Law Group. We can help you out.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
That's my guy. Toorny Stewart W.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
Penrose, Manila Law Group five one three seven two three
sixteen hundred, Well, we'll do it again next week.
Speaker 3 (07:34):
Man, thanks so much, Thank you, Bob,
Tuesdays, we talked with our sports legal expert from the
Manilo Law Group, attorney Stewart W. Penrose, and Uh, he
joined us last week and it was the day after
the Brendan Sorosby story had broken. Yesterday we found out
that Soresby has hired a high profile attorney in an
effort to, I guess, maintain his eligibility. And so we
(00:21):
had more questions and Stewart is here. Good afternoon, sir.
How are you.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
I'm doing at yourself.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
I'm doing well. So let's talk Brendan Sowersby. He has
not yet been ruled ineligible. Now it's fair to it's
fair to conclude that there's at least a very good
chance that he is ultimately declared ineligible to play college football.
Would him hiring this high profile attorney suggest that he
(00:49):
expects to be to be declared ineligible.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Yes, absolutely, in very very high probability is going to
be deemed in eligible. He's smart to get ahead of
it right now. Uh. You know, this attorney's very experienced
and working in these matters, and you know, working for athletes,
and you know, we'll see what happens here. But certainly
he's trying to get ahead, if not to you know,
(01:13):
potentially beat the charge to stay eligible at least to
have a mitigating factors that a lawyer present mid mitigating
factors him that could potentially lessen his punishments. But you know,
if the accusations you know that he bet on, you know,
certainly on college football games while he was a player Indiana,
if those are shown to be true, yeah, he's he's
going to be deemed in eligible now.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
So like it seems like this would then be pretty
black and white, Like he if he wagered on sports
that he's not allowed to weigh raw on, including games
that his team is participating in, he's ineligible. So based
on that, what possibly could his case be.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
Well, at that point, it's about mitigation. It's about what,
you know, what factors can bring down his punishments and
you know soften uh, you know, some culpability. You know,
it's a line that I've used in Quart a million
times more, Judge, is not an excuse, but it is
an explanation. You know, the fact that he's going to
get treatment right now for a gambling addiction. I have
(02:12):
no idea if this lawyer is going to contest some
of the ways that press. The nc double A found
evidence and you know, see if there's any violations there,
who knows, but certainly it seemed like this would be
more for mitigation, and you know, softening the aura around
absorbs me.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
Right now, there's the eligibility question.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
There's questions about whether he would then jump to the
supplemental draft that the NFL has every summer that very
few players are ever involved in. And then I've read
that possibly what he has been doing, or what he's
alleged perhaps to be doing, is going to gain the
attention of the FBI.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
Why and how might this play out?
Speaker 2 (02:50):
Well, we'll see what happens there. I mean, it's not automatic.
I mean just just just because there's an NCAA eligibility here,
she doesn't necessarily mean there's criminal elements. You know, that
said the c A is going to look and see
if there's sort of you know, fraud, Is there a
larger scale gambling ring that he's a part of them.
It is about an accusation of just saying what the
nca would look for. You know, certainly, if he indeed
(03:13):
was a player making bets on his own team's games,
was he using some sort of inside information there. I mean,
it's not just about impropriety mode, but the appearance of it.
You know, that's when the uh, you know, that's when
the FBI would get involved.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Attorney Steward W. Penrose from the Manila Law Group is
our sports legal expert. I want to ask you about this.
The Big Twelve is entering an agreement. And I always
sort of glaze over whenever I read about private equity
firms because I'm not exactly sure what they do. But
the Big Twelve is going to enter a private equity agreement.
(03:48):
So I understand, like there's the financial part of this,
but I also gather there's legal questions that hover over
the member institutions of the Big Twelve, including obviously the
University of Cincinnati.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
What are some of the legal questions for those schools?
Speaker 2 (04:05):
Sure? I mean, it's essentially what you have when you uh,
when you sign into equity private equity, is that you're trading, uh,
you know, an influx of cash, cash infusion for control. UH.
And and who is going to be making some of
these decisions on behalf of these conferences? Uh? Is it
going to be the conferences or is private Q What
are you going to have the bigger say you know,
in terms of TV deals, in terms of scheduling, uh,
(04:29):
non controuls, you name it. You know, you you've now
allowed private equity into the room. And you know certainly
there's pluses with that, uh, you know, especially for a
conference like the Big twelve that you know is trying
to stay financially relevant with the UH, with the Big
ten in the SEC. But but yes, you've invited you
know the third parties in there that you know have
(04:50):
the control, have a state AKI, it's control.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
They have all right, one more to ask you about, so, uh.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf last year during a
game against the Lines at Ford Field, there was this
altercation with a fan and I had totally forgotten about
this until I saw that prosecutors have said that no
charges are going to be filed against DK Metcalf for
this altercation that ultimately led to him getting a two
(05:18):
game suspension. I understand why he got suspended. I think
most of us who have any common sense would agree
that he should face some action from the league if
he engages in something like this with a fan. But
the criminal case seemed flimsy. I kind of feel like
the fan involves civil case seems flimsy, what say you?
Speaker 2 (05:39):
It certainly appears appears to me when you look at
what happened that's said. I mean, just because a criminal
case failed or is not brought forward, civil cases are
a lower burden to proof, you know, it's just preponderance
of the evidence. You know, as a plane iff, you've
got to preserve prove something is more likely than not
to have been the case instead of yonder reasonable doubt.
(06:02):
But yeah, it doesn't seem like a whole heck of
a lot happened to the fan at the you know,
at the end of the day, here mo, what is
the fan's actual damages? Who knows? And you know, I
understand what metcalf is saying in terms of what this
fan may have said to him. It sounds like they're
real there could have been a racial slur used, and
he's filed a counterclaim against the fan. I mean, my
understanding is that he is that by having that two
(06:24):
game suspension, he lost out on you know, potential bonuses
worth millions as well. So so certainly he's had a
you know, a far reaching effect, you know, over this ordeal.
But yes, it seems the fan's got a very upfill
battle to prove his case.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Yeah, certainly seems like an attorney's store. Toebedy Penrose from
the Manilo Law Group, I plan on not getting into
any altercations with any NFL players, But if I do,
and if I need an attorney, could the Manila Law
Group help me?
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Yes, you could speak to my colleague Rob Feeling. You
could certainly help you if if you're try to assault
an NFL player, which I recommend that you don't do.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
All right, what else can you tell us about the
Manila Law Group?
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Yes, well, I can tell you right now. I'm looking
out the window in my office. Moment's raining. The roads
are not particularly safe out there. You need to be
very careful when you're on the road, and if somebody
hits you, I want you to call me at the
Minila Lag Group at five one three seven two three sixteen.
Be careful on the road, and when others aren't and
they cause your injury, give us a call to the
Manila Law Group. We can help you out.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
That's my guy. Toorny Stewart W.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
Penrose, Manila Law Group five one three seven two three
sixteen hundred, Well, we'll do it again next week.
Speaker 3 (07:34):
Man, thanks so much, Thank you, Bob,
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