Dan Patrick

That becomes a selective enforcement and you open up your conference office to its own thing.

So could the Big Ten or Big 12 do it?

potentially if they have the will and the want, they still would be, I'm sure, under legal a bit, and they could go back to the exact same judge and say, well, the NCAA can't do it.

Why can't the Big 12?

So I expect Brendan Sorsby to play.

Talking to Dan Wetzel, ESPN senior writer.

But the precedent is being set where I can just say, if I don't get to play, it does irreparable harm to me.

No matter what I'm guilty of,

Isn't that going to be an out for athletes moving forward?

Absolutely.

Really, the bulk of this argument was that Sorsby had an addiction as a medical condition, which we know gambling addictions are real, and they're prevalent, and the way these sports apps and stuff like that are more and more problematic every day.

And certainly someone who risks a $5 million payday to bet small amounts on baseball games and European pro leagues and stuff is almost the definition of a problem.

So we're cognizant and respectful of that.

At the same time, just because you have an addiction doesn't mean you should be...

you know, cleared of all of the wrongdoing you did under that addiction.

And that's what they're arguing as well.

This is a medical condition.

And then further, the NCAA has a stated policy where one of their goals is to aid in the mental health of the athletes, which is, you know, a pretty broad statement.

Well, they're saying, look, if you don't allow me to play, it'll impact negatively my mental health and potentially impact negatively my recovery.

uh that's a real stretch of an argument in my opinion i'm not a judge in in lubbock county texas but i i said there's a yeah all punishments are just everyone who gets in trouble generally their mental health is negatively affected whether you're in prison or you're or you're a teenager who blew curfew and you have to miss the party the next week and you're not too happy about it that's the point here so their argument that they're going to take is really uh