June 17, 2026 • 7 mins
Attorney Stuart W. Penrose of Minnillo Law Group joins us every week to discuss sports and the law. This week we discussed what the Big 12 did to Texas Tech that ended Brendan Sorsby's college football career.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Sports headlines coming up momentarily, but on Tuesdays at this time,
we chat with our sports legal expert, attorney Stewart W.
Penrose from the Manilo Law Group. He is our guy,
he's our sports legal guy, and over the last few
weeks he's been our Brendan Soresby guy. And I got
lots of questions about the latest in that story. It's
(00:21):
awesome to have you as always, Stewart.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
How are you great to be here doing well? I'm
doing I'm doing well.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
So the former UC quarterback is now headed to the
NFL Supplemental Draft after what is being called a groundbreaking
legal effort by the Big Twelve. Can you explain for
me and my audience what the legal maneuvers the Big
Twelve used and made that god ess here?
Speaker 3 (00:46):
Sure? Well, first and foremost, Moe, the Big Twelve, all
the Big Twelve members outside of Texas Tech, your Mark,
all the powers that be were on the same page.
And you know they they did not like the rule
and just like everybody else that we've seen out there,
that that allowed stores me to play, and they were
they were helping on doing something about and you know
(01:07):
what really changed the factors here and gave them a
great pack forward to go to go to court over
It was the Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton coming out
and essentially daring the Big twelve to to try and
punish stores. Be hey, if you know, if you if
you try and punish and and and punish Brent and
stores being Texas Tech using your conference by laws, you're
(01:28):
gonna hear from Texas That, oddly mo gave them standing.
You have a state a g saying hey, you can't
use your uh your conference by laws uh here, and
we're going to get in your way. And that gave
them standing to sue under federal court. And that put
uh they put the pressure that was needed to get
the result that seeing everybody outside of Texas Tech and
(01:50):
Sores we wanted so.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Concurrent to this, we had the n cul A filing
an emergency appeal. How would that have worked had we
gotten to that point.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
It's just like we talked about before, and it would
have gone to that a pellet panel in Amarillo, Texas,
where every justice was a Texas Tech law school alum.
They probably would have gotten some decision before the season.
You know, the court's not blind to the timeline of
everything but there's also no guarantee of that as well,
so it would have stayed in the same state Texas
(02:24):
system with the you know, the same characters that we
that we knew of last week that let's just be
hot this, We're going to be more favorable to Texas Tech,
at least on the surface.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
So this felt like from a tech perspective, this felt
like checkmate. They were backed into a corner and they
pretty much had no choice but to tell Brendan to
go pursue other football opportunities in the NFL.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Was there one more legal card they could.
Speaker 4 (02:51):
Have played, You never know, they could have fought this,
But that said, they have to look at the risk
reward of it.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
Is the risk of Brendan Soursty playing for US next year.
You know, we just don't know how long is eligibility
going to stay up. I mean, it would have been
a gamble for Texas six week to week mo and
you know, how do you play your season around that
you have the whole conference against you. There was talk of,
you know, the big fall of bringing fines to Texas
Tech or possibly banishing them from the conference title game,
(03:25):
you know, whatever punishment they may be, and you know,
at the end of the day, they just decided that
the you know, the risk was not worth all that uncertainty.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
We have seen players enter the NFL and the NFL
punished players for transgressions they committed in college I guess
most famously in this area, Terrell Pryor suspended for I
think it was five games when he went from Ohio
State to the National Football League a decade and a
half ago. Are there things that Brendan Sorosby's attorney can
(03:55):
do to ensure that the league, the NFL, assuming something
team takes a chance on him, doesn't punish him.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
Well, you'd have to think that some team's going to
take a chance on him, moll. I mean, we're not
talking peyton Man, but he is talented. So this saga
is far from over in certain ways. But yes, I mean,
I mean teams have a have a legitimate reason to
be concerned of whether the NFL is going to punish him.
This is as high of a high profile of cases
(04:25):
we've seen in college sports and sometime and as high
as on an individual athlete is certainly I've seen. So, Yes,
if the NFL wants to punish him, they may do so,
and if you're his attorney, you're gonna want to, you know,
try to brand this as a as an addiction issue,
that it's not an integrity issue. Hey, this young man
(04:46):
had a gambling issue. You know, there's no there's no
evidence that he used, influenced the influence the outcome of games,
or traded on insider information. You know, he's going to
want to brand Brendan as a young man making mistakes,
not someone who's a threat to competitive integrity.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
You know, sometimes in the NFL, a player will get
suspended or fined and the players Association will file aggrievance
on that player's behalf. He's not an active NFL player yet.
I guess he's not until he actually signs his contract. So,
because of his status and because he would be being
punished for something that occurred before he was an NFL player,
(05:27):
does he then not have the union on his side
able to file aggrievance for the punishment on his behalf
if one is handed down.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
Well, you're right, as of right now, he's not a
union member. Does that change? And if he's taken the
supplemental draft, I'm not sure you would think that the
union would try to give him some protection there, even
if he hasn't fully signed. They're not going to want
to set a president hang in a player, you know,
quote unquote at that time out to dry, you would
(06:00):
think that they would give him some protection.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
There has been ongoing litigation between the University of Cincinnati
and Brendan Soresby. Now UC's original lawsuit was filed when
he left Cincinnati to go to Texas Tech. Does that
basically make that lawsuit go away because instead of going
to Texas Tech, he's going to play in.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
The pros Do you think so that I was thinking
about that. No, the UC CASESUS Sorsbe has stated so
deep into the background with all this, and how could
it not, But you would seem it's almost a moot
issue at this point, Soorsby is going to be dropping
his lawsuit against the NC double A, so he will
(06:41):
be deemed ineligible. At that point, he would think the
UC lawsuit would go away. But there's a twist and
turn in the saga. Every day you're guessing one guess
is as good as anyone else.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
There definitely is a twister or a turn in this
saga almost every single day. If if my life has
a twister turn that requires me to find an attorney.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
You're my guy. How can folks get a hold of you?
Speaker 3 (07:06):
We appreciate that. Well, they can reach us to the
Minilo Law Group at five one three seven two three
sixteen hundred, Auto accidents, bankruptcy DUIs. We want you to
give us a call to the Minilo Law Group. If
it's their fault, it's our fight. Five one three seven
two three sixteen hundred.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
He's the best.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
Our sports legal expert from the Manila Law Group, Stewart W.
Penrose seven three sixteen hundred. Awesome stuff as always, man,
Thanks so much, Thank you, Mo.
Sports headlines coming up momentarily, but on Tuesdays at this time,
we chat with our sports legal expert, attorney Stewart W.
Penrose from the Manilo Law Group. He is our guy,
he's our sports legal guy, and over the last few
weeks he's been our Brendan Soresby guy. And I got
lots of questions about the latest in that story. It's
(00:21):
awesome to have you as always, Stewart.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
How are you great to be here doing well? I'm
doing I'm doing well.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
So the former UC quarterback is now headed to the
NFL Supplemental Draft after what is being called a groundbreaking
legal effort by the Big Twelve. Can you explain for
me and my audience what the legal maneuvers the Big
Twelve used and made that god ess here?
Speaker 3 (00:46):
Sure? Well, first and foremost, Moe, the Big Twelve, all
the Big Twelve members outside of Texas Tech, your Mark,
all the powers that be were on the same page.
And you know they they did not like the rule
and just like everybody else that we've seen out there,
that that allowed stores me to play, and they were
they were helping on doing something about and you know
(01:07):
what really changed the factors here and gave them a
great pack forward to go to go to court over
It was the Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton coming out
and essentially daring the Big twelve to to try and
punish stores. Be hey, if you know, if you if
you try and punish and and and punish Brent and
stores being Texas Tech using your conference by laws, you're
(01:28):
gonna hear from Texas That, oddly mo gave them standing.
You have a state a g saying hey, you can't
use your uh your conference by laws uh here, and
we're going to get in your way. And that gave
them standing to sue under federal court. And that put
uh they put the pressure that was needed to get
the result that seeing everybody outside of Texas Tech and
(01:50):
Sores we wanted so.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Concurrent to this, we had the n cul A filing
an emergency appeal. How would that have worked had we
gotten to that point.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
It's just like we talked about before, and it would
have gone to that a pellet panel in Amarillo, Texas,
where every justice was a Texas Tech law school alum.
They probably would have gotten some decision before the season.
You know, the court's not blind to the timeline of
everything but there's also no guarantee of that as well,
so it would have stayed in the same state Texas
(02:24):
system with the you know, the same characters that we
that we knew of last week that let's just be
hot this, We're going to be more favorable to Texas Tech,
at least on the surface.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
So this felt like from a tech perspective, this felt
like checkmate. They were backed into a corner and they
pretty much had no choice but to tell Brendan to
go pursue other football opportunities in the NFL.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Was there one more legal card they could.
Speaker 4 (02:51):
Have played, You never know, they could have fought this,
But that said, they have to look at the risk
reward of it.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
Is the risk of Brendan Soursty playing for US next year.
You know, we just don't know how long is eligibility
going to stay up. I mean, it would have been
a gamble for Texas six week to week mo and
you know, how do you play your season around that
you have the whole conference against you. There was talk of,
you know, the big fall of bringing fines to Texas
Tech or possibly banishing them from the conference title game,
(03:25):
you know, whatever punishment they may be, and you know,
at the end of the day, they just decided that
the you know, the risk was not worth all that uncertainty.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
We have seen players enter the NFL and the NFL
punished players for transgressions they committed in college I guess
most famously in this area, Terrell Pryor suspended for I
think it was five games when he went from Ohio
State to the National Football League a decade and a
half ago. Are there things that Brendan Sorosby's attorney can
(03:55):
do to ensure that the league, the NFL, assuming something
team takes a chance on him, doesn't punish him.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
Well, you'd have to think that some team's going to
take a chance on him, moll. I mean, we're not
talking peyton Man, but he is talented. So this saga
is far from over in certain ways. But yes, I mean,
I mean teams have a have a legitimate reason to
be concerned of whether the NFL is going to punish him.
This is as high of a high profile of cases
(04:25):
we've seen in college sports and sometime and as high
as on an individual athlete is certainly I've seen. So, Yes,
if the NFL wants to punish him, they may do so,
and if you're his attorney, you're gonna want to, you know,
try to brand this as a as an addiction issue,
that it's not an integrity issue. Hey, this young man
(04:46):
had a gambling issue. You know, there's no there's no
evidence that he used, influenced the influence the outcome of games,
or traded on insider information. You know, he's going to
want to brand Brendan as a young man making mistakes,
not someone who's a threat to competitive integrity.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
You know, sometimes in the NFL, a player will get
suspended or fined and the players Association will file aggrievance
on that player's behalf. He's not an active NFL player yet.
I guess he's not until he actually signs his contract. So,
because of his status and because he would be being
punished for something that occurred before he was an NFL player,
(05:27):
does he then not have the union on his side
able to file aggrievance for the punishment on his behalf
if one is handed down.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
Well, you're right, as of right now, he's not a
union member. Does that change? And if he's taken the
supplemental draft, I'm not sure you would think that the
union would try to give him some protection there, even
if he hasn't fully signed. They're not going to want
to set a president hang in a player, you know,
quote unquote at that time out to dry, you would
(06:00):
think that they would give him some protection.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
There has been ongoing litigation between the University of Cincinnati
and Brendan Soresby. Now UC's original lawsuit was filed when
he left Cincinnati to go to Texas Tech. Does that
basically make that lawsuit go away because instead of going
to Texas Tech, he's going to play in.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
The pros Do you think so that I was thinking
about that. No, the UC CASESUS Sorsbe has stated so
deep into the background with all this, and how could
it not, But you would seem it's almost a moot
issue at this point, Soorsby is going to be dropping
his lawsuit against the NC double A, so he will
(06:41):
be deemed ineligible. At that point, he would think the
UC lawsuit would go away. But there's a twist and
turn in the saga. Every day you're guessing one guess
is as good as anyone else.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
There definitely is a twister or a turn in this
saga almost every single day. If if my life has
a twister turn that requires me to find an attorney.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
You're my guy. How can folks get a hold of you?
Speaker 3 (07:06):
We appreciate that. Well, they can reach us to the
Minilo Law Group at five one three seven two three
sixteen hundred, Auto accidents, bankruptcy DUIs. We want you to
give us a call to the Minilo Law Group. If
it's their fault, it's our fight. Five one three seven
two three sixteen hundred.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
He's the best.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
Our sports legal expert from the Manila Law Group, Stewart W.
Penrose seven three sixteen hundred. Awesome stuff as always, man,
Thanks so much, Thank you, Mo.
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