r/CFB • u/fireinvestigator113 Indiana • /r/CFB Emeritus Mod • Apr 27 '26
News [Thamel] Texas Tech transfer quarterback Brendan Sorsby is checking into a residential treatment program for a gambling addiction.
https://www.espn.com/contributor/pete-thamel/12c15485be1011.3k
u/fireinvestigator113 Indiana • /r/CFB Emeritus Mod Apr 27 '26
Texas Tech transfer quarterback Brendan Sorsby is checking into a residential treatment program for a gambling addiction. He’s under NCAA investigation in the wake of the discovery of Sorsby making thousands of on-line bets on a variety of sports via a gambling app.
Sorsby bet on Indiana football while redshirting for IU as a true freshman in 2022, a season in which he played in a single game as a reserve. The bets in 2022 were on Indiana to win and none came in a game he played.
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u/fireinvestigator113 Indiana • /r/CFB Emeritus Mod Apr 27 '26
Betting on 2022 Indiana to win football games is insanity.
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u/FireVanGorder Notre Dame Fighting Irish Apr 27 '26
Well yeah that’s why he’s in rehab
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u/Rob_0831 Nebraska Cornhuskers Apr 27 '26
People don't go to rehab for winning bets. That'd be called a career.
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u/eagledog Fresno State • Michigan Apr 27 '26
Then they give you a job on GameDay and call you "The Bear" or Stanford Steve
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u/FireVanGorder Notre Dame Fighting Irish Apr 27 '26
Shit you don’t even have to win your bets for that
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u/GoldenFrog14 Tulsa Golden Hurricane • TCU Horned Frogs Apr 27 '26
I went from feeling really bad to thinking "I hope he actually wants help and this isn't to save face"
I'm sober now, but I am all too familiar with not being ready to quit, but knowing that what I'm doing isn't sustainable
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u/The_Fluffy_Robot TCU Horned Frogs • Iron Skillet Apr 27 '26
I'm sober now, but I am all too familiar with not being ready to quit, but knowing that what I'm doing isn't sustainable
That's the most frustrating part of addiction for me. I know it's bad and not going to work out, but my brain doesn't want to listen to that
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u/GoldenFrog14 Tulsa Golden Hurricane • TCU Horned Frogs Apr 27 '26
Hey fellow frog. It sucks. So many times I told myself "I know this is going to end bad. I know it is 100% for the best if I don't do this". And then guess that happened?
I'm not over it because it's a lifelong process, but if you ever need to talk to someone who has been there, shoot me a message
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u/DefLeppardSuckss Ohio State Buckeyes • Ohio Bobcats Apr 27 '26
Had that thought many, many times. Checking out with alcohol everyday after work, thinking to myself, “My life fucking sucks, drinking is only gonna make it worse.”
And yet I’d walk out with booze in hand everyday. One of the things that made me first realize I had a problem was a day where I stopped by the store and didn’t buy alcohol. The attendant said something like, “No beer today hunny?”
I wasn’t ready then, the only thing that immediately changed was I started switching what stores I went to regularly. But it sticks in my mind for whatever reason.
Over 2 years sober now!
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u/GoldenFrog14 Tulsa Golden Hurricane • TCU Horned Frogs Apr 27 '26
One day the liquor store clerk looked at me with concern and asked “Hey man, are you ok?”
I wasn’t and I wouldn’t be for a while after. But to have someone visibly not want to sell to me, not because I was actively drunk but because they knew I had a problem, was jarring. I’m so glad you’re doing better. Let’s both keep it up
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u/The_Fluffy_Robot TCU Horned Frogs • Iron Skillet Apr 27 '26
Thanks frog homie 💜
I've got a good therapist, a good doctor, family that supports me, and a mom all to familiar with addiction. I'm in good hands, but I appreciate it! Pass the kindness along to the next person you see who needs it!
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u/GoldenFrog14 Tulsa Golden Hurricane • TCU Horned Frogs Apr 27 '26
That's the good stuff. Keep it up and this stranger is proud of you
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u/VanDenIzzle Mississippi State Bulldogs • LSU Tigers Apr 27 '26
That's how gambling addiction starts. You go "I'll be watching this game, let me sprinkle some cash on my team to win" just to have fun. Next thing you know you're doing a 12 leg parlay on sports you know nothing about and you're watching box scores at work or at dinner stressing out
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u/V-Right_In_2-V Arizona Wildcats Apr 27 '26
I’ve seen posts of guys in the gambling addict subreddits talking about how they were up at like 3 AM betting on Pakistani cricket matches and Polish tennis matches while knowing nothing about the game, players, teams or whatever. Just blowing the last of their paycheck on whatever game they could bet on
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u/GliscorsFang Michigan Wolverines Apr 27 '26
Never bet on Pakistani cricket lmao
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u/deutschdachs Wisconsin Badgers Apr 27 '26
Having been in that situation... it's very hard to go to sleep knowing you've already lost a lot of money. There's a weight on your mind that makes it so difficult to relax and fall asleep and you rationalize that you can fix some of it now and get back on your phone.
And you know it's stupid but you tell yourself it's almost 50/50 odds, I just need to call the right side of the coin a few times in a row. And sometimes you do which justifies it more to your future self. Which is almost even more problematic because it makes you reason you can bet your way out of it and once you're there the odds are you're going to go broke at best. Or even worse, into debt.
The 24/7 access to a phone with gambling is going to ruin so many people's lives. Sure, it will be a result of their own decisions but man the psychology of it is insidious
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u/Adept_Carpet UMass Minutemen • Team Chaos Apr 27 '26
And as bad as it is now, consider that all of us will get old someday. Can't do all the things we used to do for fun, no job anymore, no young children, just you and your devices and dwindling cognitive faculties.
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u/Archer-Saurus Arizona State Sun Devils Apr 27 '26
Yeah real ones know if you're gonna bet on the TT Elite Series you gotta know you can't treat Lukasz Jarocki like he's Jakub Folwarski
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u/Tarmacked USC Trojans • Alabama Crimson Tide Apr 27 '26
2-3 years ago I was in Vegas with family on a CFB weekend. For whatever reason, you could parlay Clemson with two 16 year old women tennis players in Slovakia duking it out at 3AM US time.
Absolutely no ability to get video of those two 16 year olds, but I could bet on it anyway and it was like one of three options available at the time.
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u/discofrislanders Fairfield • St. John's (NY) Apr 27 '26
Freshman year of college, my roommate would be betting like 15 cents on European basketball games because he had lost all his money and was desperately trying to win back whatever he could.
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u/Numerous-Ad6460 Michigan Wolverines • Florida Gators Apr 27 '26
Off by a bit
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u/Cartmaaan-brah Indiana Hoosiers • Rose Bowl Apr 27 '26
He wasn’t wrong, just early 😤
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u/Ghiggs_Boson Nebraska Cornhuskers • Arkansas Razorbacks Apr 27 '26
Reads to me like he was bought in to the program baby
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u/52hoova Texas A&M Aggies • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Apr 27 '26
It's the same thing Michael!
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u/the_dayman56 Indiana Hoosiers • College Football Playoff Apr 27 '26
Unless be bet on Illinois or MSU he lost some money
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u/Wide_Attention2614 Miami Hurricanes Apr 27 '26
That’s just the tip of the icebergs
More players will be exposed this year
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u/Maleficent_Ant_8895 Iowa Hawkeyes • Notre Dame Fighting Irish Apr 27 '26
I keep saying it, sports gambling is going to obliterate this sport
It is literally everywhere and so easy to access
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u/ChaseTheFalcon West Georgia • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Apr 27 '26
it won't just be this sport, it will probably be most sports
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u/John_T_Conover Texas A&M Aggies Apr 27 '26
Honestly I think it's so bad that some leagues will try to cover it up. It has to be way beyond players simply betting on other sports or other teams in their sport. We've already seen college basketball and NBA where players have actively played poorly or faked injuries to hit certain stat line unders or rushed garbage time scoring to hit the over in gambling schemes. Players throwing entire games has to be already happening all over. Probably even multiple players conspiring together in some instances.
Honestly, I think leagues are already covering it up.
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u/BeneficialArt2168 Arizona State • Scottsdale CC Apr 27 '26
The entire NBA is going to retire and play minor league baseball for a year.
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u/ChaseTheFalcon West Georgia • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Apr 27 '26
I think MLB is, we saw a good closer get busted for throwing sus pitches.
Then can't forget all the Ohtani stuff, whether you think it was him or not
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u/YellojD Arizona State Sun Devils Apr 27 '26
I kinda think that’s been the case for a lot longer than most people realize. The Tim Donaghy scandal happened like 20 years ago, and I’m pretty sure it only got bad like that because he got caught.
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u/DFWTooThrowed Texas Tech • Arkansas Apr 27 '26
Normalizing bracket pools and fantasy talk on sports coverage for 20 years was just grooming the audience for everything being about prop bets.
It was much simpler when Musburger was very sneakily sliding in references to game spreads.
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u/Monoman32 Iowa Hawkeyes Apr 27 '26 edited Apr 27 '26
If the NCAA takes the same punishment philosophy that Iowa and Iowa State players received a few years ago then this is a lifetime ban. If you bet on your team = lifetime ban. If you bet on another sport at your school = year suspension. Anything else depends on how many and how much betting happened but will probably be 2-3 games.
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u/CumAssault Baylor Bears • Texas A&M Aggies Apr 27 '26
So he should probably be banned for betting on his own games, but knowing the NCAA he’ll get a 3 game suspension that Tech will sue over and win
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u/ngerb_5 Indiana Hoosiers Apr 27 '26
Or he does miss the games but somehow can use it as a reason to get an extra year of eligibility because at this point why not
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u/CumAssault Baylor Bears • Texas A&M Aggies Apr 27 '26
He can join the CFL for a year and then come back to college. Since the NCAA is just allowing anything these days
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u/ethan_bruhhh Cornell Big Red • Nebraska Cornhuskers Apr 27 '26
Hunter Dekkers never came back and NCAA rules are very clear, lifetime ban if you bet on your team, Sorsby is fucked
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u/GoldenFrog14 Tulsa Golden Hurricane • TCU Horned Frogs Apr 27 '26
I just looked up what he's up to, and you've gotta be kidding me. He plays for the Houston Gamblers.
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u/Tarmacked USC Trojans • Alabama Crimson Tide Apr 27 '26
He definitely bet on more games
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u/onewildmeme UCF Knights • Old Dominion Monarchs Apr 27 '26
The real story here is betting on 2022 IU games. Dude is an addict’s addict.
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u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 Michigan • Maine Maritime Apr 27 '26
To be clear, he bet on IU to win
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u/Hooch_be_crazy Indiana Hoosiers • Billable Hours Apr 27 '26
The guy is sick in the head to make that bet.
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u/isl1985 Cincinnati Bearcats Apr 27 '26
"You took all the money you made franchising your name and bet against the Harlem Globetrotters?"
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u/Bitter-Whole-7290 Arizona State Sun Devils Apr 27 '26
He made thousands of bets apparently, this ain’t just from 2022 then.
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u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 Michigan • Maine Maritime Apr 27 '26
You would think, but I've seen ridiculous amounts of bets placed. Like they do it like it's a full time job. Thousands in one year is possible. But I agree if he placed thousands in one season, he didn't just stop after 2022. It was likely ongoing.
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u/MaizeNBlueWaffle Michigan Wolverines Apr 27 '26
TTU definitely knows he’s fucked and not gonna be eligible. This is just preemptive damage control
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u/WorkOnThesisInstead Ohio State Buckeyes • Harvard Crimson Apr 27 '26
They're doing the right thing.
Hope he actually gets help no matter how long ot takes - not just to play soon.
Art Schlichter trashed his life via his addiction well beyond losing a football career.
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u/DepressedGamba Kansas State • Colorado Apr 27 '26
So Texas Tech is gonna be out of a QB. Holyyyy
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u/Aidanj927 Texas Tech Red Raiders • UTSA Roadrunners Apr 27 '26
Will Hammond season
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u/Tonkathedog Texas Tech Red Raiders Apr 27 '26
If he can come back then you’re starting a sophomore dual threat QB who is coming off a major knee injury who hasn’t thrown to almost any of your WRs.
And that is probably the best case scenario
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u/DepressedGamba Kansas State • Colorado Apr 27 '26
Is he ready to step up? I remember seeing him flash last season but I feel like he needed maybe one more year of sitting and learning.
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u/DFWTooThrowed Texas Tech • Arkansas Apr 27 '26
He looked like a god against Utah and pretty bad against everyone else.
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u/Budget_Ad5888 Oklahoma State Cowboys • UNLV Rebels Apr 27 '26
So we are the same
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u/TangerineChicken Texas Tech Red Raiders • Saddle Trophy Apr 27 '26
He grew up a BYU fan, he must have carried that Utah hatred with him since
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u/Tonkathedog Texas Tech Red Raiders Apr 27 '26
He may not be healthy he tore his ACL pretty late into last year
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u/Darth_Candy Texas Tech Red Raiders Apr 27 '26
I hope he's ready coming off the ACL. He tore it in October, him starting the season or even being 100% for the start of conference play is pretty aggressive. Healed =/= football ready, especially for a guy that relies on his legs so much.
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u/Andy_Wiggins Notre Dame Fighting Irish Apr 27 '26
Texas Tech spent god knows how much money on their roster all for their season to tank before it even starts because their Times Square QB is a gambling addict.
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u/J_ByronWhizzerWhite Oregon Ducks • Billable Hours Apr 27 '26
Hopefully, the contract Tech’s collective signed with the QB has a morality clause in it . . . Or something like “Player must remain eligible to play excepting events outside of Player’s reasonable control.”
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u/13ArmaPlat Apr 27 '26
sorsby is currently getting sued by Cincy for a breach in contract. tech gave him them money to pay it back and apparently he gambled it all way lol
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u/JMer806 TCU Horned Frogs • Hateful 8 Apr 27 '26
Wait is that true? I just assumed that him going to rehab was a PR move because of the NCAA investigation
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u/TitaniumC4206 Oklahoma • Central Oklahoma Apr 27 '26
Tons of young men are going to be ruined by this gambling culture that every sport is pushing to no end
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u/ChaseTheFalcon West Georgia • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Apr 27 '26
But if you use promo code "addict" you can get 20% off your next bet at DraftKings! - ESPN probably
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u/joaovitorxc Ole Miss Rebels • Minnesota Golden Gophers Apr 27 '26
I still laugh at that screenshot of ESPN discussing the NBA betting scandal while having the ESPN Bet ticker at the bottom of the screen.
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u/MartinezForever Nebraska • Nebraska Wesleyan Apr 27 '26
Even better is the video clip where they notice and suddenly the entire bottom-third is just replaced with a black bar.
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u/Recent_Surprise_7391 Arizona State Sun Devils Apr 27 '26
I miss when sport center used to show highlights instead of that very pathetic “bad beats” show when they show a garbage time touchdown and the O/U is over.
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u/wompk1ns Washington Huskies Apr 27 '26
It was even better when they WOULD show a bad beat amongst the highlights and the SportsCenter anchor would allude to the back door cover
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u/therealwillhepburn Florida Gators • West Florida Argonauts Apr 27 '26
It's all sports media. You can't listen to a podcast about sports without huge segments about betting with multiple betting ads by the hosts as well as commercial breaks.
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u/CumAssault Baylor Bears • Texas A&M Aggies Apr 27 '26
30% off your first bet after getting out of gambling rehab
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u/bigbluethunder Iowa Hawkeyes • Michigan Wolverines Apr 27 '26
At this rate draft kings is just gonna buy addictions centers and profit on both ends
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u/john_the_quain Pittsburg State Gorillas Apr 27 '26
RehabKings you get a 3x referral multiplier if the person who referred you relapses within 90 days.
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u/CrashingBlumpkins46 New Mexico Lobos • Alabama Crimson Tide Apr 27 '26
It's not just sports, the "prediction market" bullshit is literally gamifying wars, elections, kidnappings, etc
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u/MysteriousEdge5643 Washington Huskies • College Football Playoff Apr 27 '26
They're hugely popular in my state because online gambling is illegal but they aren't technically gambling. It's a cancer
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u/CrashingBlumpkins46 New Mexico Lobos • Alabama Crimson Tide Apr 27 '26
Same here in Texas.
Gambling is "illegal" here but there are "game rooms" with slot machines in every city and Kalshi/Polymarket are running wide open. It's all so stupid.
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u/drovja Texas Tech • Angelo State Apr 27 '26
I wish they would just prohibit the advertising of it. And while they’re doing that, the advertisement of prescription medications, too.
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u/MadManMax55 Georgia Tech • Georgia State Apr 27 '26
The advertising is bad, but the real problem is the mobile apps. Not only do they allow you to gamble anywhere and anytime, but they also send constant notifications trying to get you to bet more. Managing a gambling addiction is a lot easier if you have to physically go to a bookie to place a bet.
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u/MysteriousEdge5643 Washington Huskies • College Football Playoff Apr 27 '26
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u/KsigCowboy Baylor • Stephen F. Austin Apr 27 '26
Dude they are totally not slot machines. Its just games of chance where you can win mundane stuffed animals that happen to be very valuable to the owners.
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u/Archer-Saurus Arizona State Sun Devils Apr 27 '26
Yeah I mean in the grand scheme of things, who cares if a player throws a game outcome or a ref rigs an NBA game.
At least when compared to the shit you can bet on/manipulate on Polymarket
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u/405bound LSU Tigers • Northwestern Wildcats Apr 27 '26
I'm in my early 30s and can name a solid 2 to 3 of my friends that are on track to ruin their lives through sports gambling
These are dudes with degrees, careers, families, homes. It's sad to see
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u/bigbluethunder Iowa Hawkeyes • Michigan Wolverines Apr 27 '26
I’m so thankful that i have some sort of innate programming against gambling that seems pretty damn hardwired. Every other vice I’ve come across, I’ve had addictive proclivities towards (alcohol in the form of binge drinking, went through a huge weed phase where I was smoking 1-2x a day in college, still have an unhealthy relationship with video games & social medial). If I went through the same phase with gambling, I’d probably be in financial ruin.
And I’ve even won some at the casino. Won a +$100 on a slot machine, a couple season-long $40 bets, and went +$25 on the tables, and was just like… “this is it?”
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u/BrandoCarlton Michigan Wolverines Apr 27 '26
Yeah I feel all of that lol. Love booze, love weed, horrible about my screen time, but throwing 100 on a roulette table and watching it disappear? fuckkkkk that I can just take the money and go spend it lol.
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u/samhit_n Ohio State Buckeyes Apr 27 '26
It doesn’t help that celebs and famous athletes keep promoting stuff like Kalshi.
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u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 Michigan • Maine Maritime Apr 27 '26
My Kalshi bet that a P5 QB would be admitted to rehab just paid out HUUUUUGE /s
Gambling is a blight on our society.
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u/Aidanj927 Texas Tech Red Raiders • UTSA Roadrunners Apr 27 '26 edited Apr 27 '26
What the fuck?
Is that now 7 straight years of our starting QB being out?
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u/19Styx6 Iowa State Cyclones Apr 27 '26
Bet you didn’t see that coming.
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u/Is12345aweakpassword Texas Tech • Washington Apr 27 '26
Fool me once, shame on you
FOOL ME SEVEN FUCKING TIMES AND I START PRAYING TO BAPHOMET TO NO LONGER BE FOOLED
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u/AsAP0Verlord /r/CFB Apr 27 '26
'Baphomet' is considered to be an old Westernized variation of a term referring to Mohammed, the Islamic Prophet. Remember to pray towards Mecca!
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u/CrashB111 Alabama Crimson Tide • Iron Bowl Apr 27 '26
FOOL ME SEVEN FUCKING TIMES AND I START PRAYING TO BAPHOMET TO NO LONGER BE FOOLED
Ah see, that's your problem then. You need to invoke Mammon on such things as these.
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u/Maleficent_Ant_8895 Iowa Hawkeyes • Notre Dame Fighting Irish Apr 27 '26
There’s no way TTech has lost a starting QB 7 years in a row
That’s insane
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u/ethan_bruhhh Cornell Big Red • Nebraska Cornhuskers Apr 27 '26
Tech haven’t had a starter finish the season since Mahomes
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u/Maleficent_Ant_8895 Iowa Hawkeyes • Notre Dame Fighting Irish Apr 27 '26
Holy fuck
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u/DFWTooThrowed Texas Tech • Arkansas Apr 27 '26
If you count sitting out a bowl game to have surgery early, then yes it’s true. In 2024 Morton was the first Tech QB to start all 12 regular season games since Mahomes on 2016.
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u/Aidanj927 Texas Tech Red Raiders • UTSA Roadrunners Apr 27 '26
And even then wasn’t he regularly banged up?
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u/BrokeAlert_ Texas Tech Red Raiders Apr 27 '26
Yeah he played that entire season with a messed up shoulder, hence the surgery.
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u/Glum_Town_2587 Indiana Hoosiers • College Football Playoff Apr 27 '26
Me 🤝 Brendan Sorsby
Required rehabilitation after betting on the 2022 Indiana Hoosiers
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u/Maleficent_Ant_8895 Iowa Hawkeyes • Notre Dame Fighting Irish Apr 27 '26
Given how sports gambling is literally fucking EVERYWHERE and so easy to access this isn’t surprising that a 20 something college kid is having this kind of problem
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u/JMer806 TCU Horned Frogs • Hateful 8 Apr 27 '26
A twenty something college kid with access to millions of dollars
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u/Informal-Candy-9974 Missouri Tigers • Ohio State Buckeyes Apr 27 '26
So is that a no on paying UC back?
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u/oeskuu Cincinnati • Ohio State Apr 27 '26
I’ll set the O/U at UC getting $500k from him and take the under…
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u/RunNYC1986 Penn State Nittany Lions Apr 27 '26
This feels like the sort of self-imposed action you take when you know bigger things could potentially come to light.
It's still insane to me that the states and sports leagues have invested in pandora's box, and are surprised that people opened it
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u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 Michigan • Maine Maritime Apr 27 '26
I would tend to agree. He bet on IU games while he was a player at IU. That's like "It's the FBI, open up" territory.
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u/w6750 Texas Longhorns Apr 27 '26
Yeah NCAA is investigating him. I’m sure this move was recommended by his attorneys to do some proactive damage control
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u/hiswayout Texas Tech Red Raiders • Hateful 8 Apr 27 '26
I don’t like Monday morning bombshells
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u/EastonMetsGuy Oregon Ducks • Rutgers Scarlet Knights Apr 27 '26
Hey man THIS SUCKS, the way gambling companies can prey on young men is a 5 alarm fire. Add in the "shady prediction markets" and we got some real trouble brewing here.
I hope he gets the help he needs
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u/Maleficent_Ant_8895 Iowa Hawkeyes • Notre Dame Fighting Irish Apr 27 '26
Meanwhile the US government is literally participating in it to enrich themselves
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u/aaronman4772 Louisville Cardinals Apr 27 '26
But who would ever do that? It’s not like we had anonymous people putting money on major world events right before they happened like, oh say, a world leader being taken or a war starting.
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u/bobdownie Apr 27 '26
Apparently that’s what might be part of this entire thing. The governments want these prediction markets to exist for exactly that type of thing. They and corporations want to use it to “predict the future”. I think the military proposed the idea a few decades ago? And they needed the private sector to make the product so they are technically not involved? It was called DARPA.
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u/Benson879 Iowa State Cyclones Apr 27 '26
Just throw a “gambling problem?” line in the end of the ads. That’ll solve everything!
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u/timberwolvesguy Apr 27 '26
They literally have “prediction markets” on Robinhood now. An investing app is promoting sports gambling.
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u/aaronman4772 Louisville Cardinals Apr 27 '26
We’re going to be seeing more and more stories like this over the years I reckon. The absolute presence of everything gambling related everywhere to now where everything is gambled on? Combined with kids who have more money than they ever have had before and minimal required courses in financial literacy and responsibility? Combined with an agent structure that doesn’t exist meaning anyone and everyone can agent?
It’s a recipe for everything going wrong
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u/Sir_Brodie Kansas Jayhawks • Hateful 8 Apr 27 '26
Feels like this is the story before the story
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u/Recent_Surprise_7391 Arizona State Sun Devils Apr 27 '26
Legalizing gambling is the anti prohibition. You realize why it was illegal once they legalized it
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u/babble0n Michigan Wolverines Apr 27 '26
I don't necessarily think all gambling should be illegal. But having it accessable on your phone 24/7 probably should be.
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u/gbdarknight77 Arizona Wildcats • Team Chaos Apr 27 '26
Should have just kept it all in casinos.
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u/ryseing NC State Wolfpack • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Apr 27 '26
"Let's put the ability to lose all your money on the already addictive dopamine machine in your pocket"
I'm pro-gambling legalization but there have to be more barriers in place. Having to go to a physical location would be a solid start.
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u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 Michigan • Maine Maritime Apr 27 '26
And while people who want to gamble are always going to gamble, making it so easy that you can do it with a few taps on your phone is a problem. If you had to go through a bookie or whatever, far fewer people would do it.
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u/Billyxmac Oregon Ducks • Team Chaos Apr 27 '26
I don’t think that’s true. Alcohol is legal and is still very much dangerous to those who are higher risks for becoming alcoholics
But the absolute blitzkreig of marketing and promotion that goes in to this is fucking insane. It needs to be reeled in massively. The leagues partnering with gambling platforms is fucking wild too.
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u/VanillaPillowTalk Texas Tech Red Raiders • UNLV Rebels Apr 27 '26
Well last season was fun back to being Texas Tech again
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u/Aidanj927 Texas Tech Red Raiders • UTSA Roadrunners Apr 27 '26
Why is it always our quarterbacks
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u/Tippyshortmouth South Carolina • Buffalo Apr 27 '26
Yall got mahomes and now you have to pay the price
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u/Lukis1 Texas Tech Red Raiders Apr 27 '26
He bet on his own team he’s gotta be screwed right ?
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u/Tonkathedog Texas Tech Red Raiders Apr 27 '26
Yeah I’d be shocked if he doesn’t lose his eligibility
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u/TheoDonaldKerabatsos Alabama Crimson Tide • Corndog Apr 27 '26
AFAIK betting on your own team while enrolled is basically a guaranteed ban for at least a year.
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u/Jamesatwork16 Texas Tech Red Raiders Apr 27 '26
Seems like the NCAA investigation is news as well?!
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u/Tonkathedog Texas Tech Red Raiders Apr 27 '26
If he gets suspended (and he almost certainly will) then we are absolutely fucked. We were going to come in with strong expectations and a loaded roster but now it is all going to be up to a QB that is almost certainly not starting caliber. Hell last year we wasted an all time defense with bad QB play and now we are going to have a worse defense this year with much worse QB play…
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u/TheAgmis Texas Tech Red Raiders Apr 27 '26
Gambling ads are on overdrive as it’s predatory as hell. I’m tired of it
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u/GhostOfDrTobaggan Arkansas Razorbacks Apr 27 '26
Absolutely no jokes or judgement coming from me. I get why gambling can be fun. I understand why people like to put a little fun money on a game to be engaged. I’ve been known to pop into a casino once every few months and play 50 dollars and see how it goes. I used to go with my grandparents and play some slots.
But also, I am extremely worried about the proliferation of gambling and particularly sports betting in a completely uncontrolled environment over the past few years.
The way it is pushed on young men and normalized in the culture is going to cause serious long term addiction problems for an entire generation. I cannot believe we’ve allowed this. At least when LEGAL gambling was limited to casinos, someone had to go to a place to make a bet. Not everyone was going to do that (much less go into the underground looking for a bookie).
Enabling one of the most addictive vices on the most addictive product everyone owns (their smart phones) is such an insane idea. Going from prohibition to this level of laissez faire with next to no guardrails is such a disaster.
I hope he can beat his addiction. I hope he’s okay and live a productive life moving forward.
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u/Is12345aweakpassword Texas Tech • Washington Apr 27 '26
Oh this is going to be so much fun. An injured Will Hammond or a traitsy but inexperienced Chubb to start the year at the least?
delightful
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u/Tonkathedog Texas Tech Red Raiders Apr 27 '26
Or door number 3, Kirk francis who was a below average starter at Tulsa…
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u/JB92103 Cincinnati • Oklahoma State Apr 27 '26
So, we're not gonna get our money back?
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u/Actioncookbook Cincinnati Bearcats Apr 27 '26
Think it's pretty clear all of a sudden why he didn't pay us back, and it's because the money was already gone
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u/shitrus Cincinnati • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Apr 27 '26
4d chess revenge move by satterfield turning him in though
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u/Actioncookbook Cincinnati Bearcats Apr 27 '26
The Tech fans complaining here that UC turned him in are assuming a level of competence in Scott Satterfield that he has never once demonstrated
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u/BochBochBoch Cincinnati Bearcats • Big East Apr 27 '26
What money?
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u/youngherbo Cincinnati • Red River Shootout Apr 27 '26
He owes UC $1million since he transfered per the language in his rev share deal with UC. He chose not to pay it, i believe UC sued him, and now we see where the money went.
Feel bad for the kid but FAFO ig.
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u/pumpkinspruce Wisconsin Badgers Apr 27 '26
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u/marco_ocho_ WKU Hilltoppers • Alabama Crimson Tide Apr 27 '26
A lot of genuine surprise here I'm sure, but I expect to see this a lot more. The way this betting thing is headed, kids are unfortunately gonna get caught in the cross fire due to the lack of regulation and total lack of understanding by these sports leagues who are so drunk on profit
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u/loyalsons4evertrue Iowa State Cyclones • Big 8 Apr 27 '26
Death. Taxes. Texas Tech starting qb's being out for the season.
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u/Upset_Version8275 Indiana Hoosiers • Texas Longhorns Apr 27 '26
Probably shorted his '26 Heisman odds this morning.
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u/Fancy-Pie-2565 Kentucky Wildcats Apr 27 '26
This guy has to be banned from college football right?
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u/Bmayne Oregon Ducks Apr 27 '26
He 100% checked in because his lawyer and the school made him do it.
It’s like when I used to do criminal defense I would always have my drug clients enter drug rehab before trial. It “shows” the Judge and jury that the client was serious about their “addiction” and was trying to get better.
Did it ever work? Sometimes. But it’s a very common tactic.
The bottom line is no, Sorsby didn’t enter treatment on his on volition. This was done by his legal and PR team. And in my mind, yes that does make a difference. He is trying to mitigate future damages.
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u/soraka4 Indiana Hoosiers Apr 27 '26
How tf is this even possible? Like there’s no way you can play ignorant when you’re a D1 athlete, let alone a big name qb making millions. Is it just not giving a fk and thinking you won’t get caught? Like I can’t imagine the mental gymnastics one would have to do to believe it’s worth potentially throwing everything away over
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u/Rc5tr0 Ohio State Buckeyes • Dayton Flyers Apr 27 '26
My guess is he got hooked before he was a big name QB making millions. When you’re an addict you will do whatever mental gymnastics are required.
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u/Xenimm USC Trojans Apr 27 '26
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u/Balloutonu Texas Tech Red Raiders • /r/CFB Promoter Apr 27 '26
I hope he gets help. This sucks royally. Him checking himself in tells me it’s much much worse than we are being let in on.
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u/ZachWilsonsMother South Carolina • Palmetto Bowl Apr 27 '26
If he bet on his team in the past this could be his attempt to avoid being banned. This might get really bad
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u/Bitter-Whole-7290 Arizona State Sun Devils Apr 27 '26
Oh he’s def going the rehab route to soften the blow. If he really did bet on his own team, doesn’t matter if he bet on them to win he is and should be done.
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u/RoastedDonutz Nebraska Cornhuskers Apr 27 '26
Kalshi and other predictive betting sites are going to kill society not just sports. If you have a favorite saying, people can now bet on if you will say it in the next press conference. And if you don’t say it, you can now get death threats because you caused them to lose money.
These predictive sites make it easy to publicly bet using inside information or to manipulate the results to get whatever way makes them the most money. It should be illegal but yet they claim it’s not technically gambling and getting away with it.
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u/chutch22 Kentucky Wildcats • TCU Horned Frogs Apr 27 '26
Love that Thamel has to use the phrase “betting app” since ESPN is in bed with one of the companies responsible for all this happening lol
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u/jeep_problems Texas • Georgia Tech Apr 27 '26
He placed a big bet on TT to miss the playoffs right before he checked in
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u/Strawhat--Shawty Alabama Crimson Tide Apr 27 '26 edited Apr 27 '26
Things like Polymarket and Kalshi should never have been legal.
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u/raider_red Texas Tech Red Raiders Apr 27 '26
Well, this sucks. Sports gambling is a plague on our culture. Any chance he’ll be able to play next season? Or is this a death sentence?
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u/Kryzl_ Iowa State Cyclones • Big 12 Apr 27 '26
If they go off the Dekkers precedent, his NCAA days are done. Slight difference of him being a redshirt vs Dekkers a backup, but not sure the NCAA will care.
Edit: he played in a game in 2022. He’s done.
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u/raider_red Texas Tech Red Raiders Apr 27 '26
lol, terrific. What an idiot. I guess it’s better late than never to pull the bandaid off. Hope Hammond’s knee is healing well….
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u/dedwards024 Arkansas Razorbacks Apr 27 '26
He got caught for bets made years ago, he’s going to rehab as a show from lawyers advice
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u/betemymeat Tennessee Volunteers • Team Chaos Apr 27 '26
Kalshi ad right under the post. Truly can’t write it any better.