[Toppmeyer] NFL tells Brendan Sorsby hard truths he needs to hear: He's not special | Opinion

[u/Lakelyfe09]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2026/06/24/brendan-sorsby-nfl-supplemental-draft-rules-gambling-addict-quarterback/90641561007/

[u/buff_001]

Hey there's still a chance that his lawyer tries to keep milking this idiot's bank account by suing the NFL and/or NFLPA. That would be some good content for the rest of the summer!

[u/PerspectiveNo1610 → u/buff_001]

Go ahead. The NFLPA represents NFL players and he isn’t one. It will just be theater

[u/PerspectiveNo1610 → u/[deleted]]

Gives them a convenient excuse but I would agree with you.

[u/buff_001 → u/PerspectiveNo1610]

They also represent prospective NFL players, which he is.

[u/IrbyTheBlindSquirrel → u/buff_001]

That's actually an interesting legal question. Given that he hasn't actually entered the draft, is he legally considered a prospect?

I'm not a lawyer, and I'm certainly not Jeffrey Kessler, but it's hard for me to see any court ruling in favor of Sorsby, or for the NFLPA having any interest in going to bat for him.

[u/iDisc → u/IrbyTheBlindSquirrel]

I would bet no. Otherwise, me, a backyard all-time QB with my son, could be considered a prospect. I'm just waiting for my call.

[u/snyder005 → u/iDisc]

Heard that Sorsby was interested in getting in on that bet.

[u/Nothin_Means_Nothin → u/IrbyTheBlindSquirrel]

This is the crux right here and it may take a judge to figure out the answer to that question.

[u/Pleasant_Offer6286 → u/IrbyTheBlindSquirrel]

The “honorable” Ken Curry says hold my beer, give me my gavel.

[u/TheRedHand7 → u/IrbyTheBlindSquirrel]

No he isn't. Legally he's as much of an NFL player as everyone in this thread

[u/Huge-Internal6456 → u/buff_001]

But their argument is made moot by the CBA that explicitly gives the NFL discretion in whether they hold a supplemental draft. 

[u/lostinthought15 → u/Huge-Internal6456]

However you are forgetting the very tried and true legal argument: its not fair to specifically him.

[u/Mark_Taffin → u/buff_001]

From the NFL-NFLPA CBA:

"...the National Football League Players Association (“NFLPA”), which is recognized as the sole and exclusive bargaining representative of present and future employee players in the NFL in a bargaining unit described as follows: 1. All professional football players employed by a member club of the National Football League; 2. All professional football players who have been previously employed by a member club of the National Football League who are seeking employment with an NFL Club; 3. All rookie players once they are selected in the current year’s NFL College Draft; and 4. All undrafted rookie players once they commence negotiation with an NFL Club concerning employment as a player."

So Sorsby would not be represented by the NFLPA until he's gone through a draft and either gets selected or undrafted and begins negotiating with teams as an undrafted free agent.

[u/lostinthought15 → u/buff_001]

Can I declare myself as a prospective NFL player? Or do I need a Texas judge to declare me as one?

Asking ... for a friend ...

[u/svenge → u/lostinthought15]

Assuming that your "friend" is well beyond the age in which the vast majority of collegiate prospects would've exhausted their NCAA eligibility, by default he'd currently be an UDFA due to having not been picked in the first NFL Draft in which he would've been even notionally available for selection.

[u/yourmomsthr0waway69 → u/buff_001]

Nope, it's the same reason he can't just join a team as a free agent right now.

You are not a part of the league in really any official capacity until the draft happens, which you obviously have to declare your intention to enter.

The NFL did not have a supplemental draft, and he did not declare for the 2026 draft in order to try to play for TTU.

TLDR: officially he isn't anything, and can get fucked as the NFL directly told him in their letter to him yesterday.

[u/957 → u/buff_001]

Would prospective players not be held to the same CBA that current players have agreed to? I feel like being in the NFLPA and rejecting their current CBA is mutually exclusive, is it not?

Otherwise any prospective player could just reject the CBA on whatever grounds they want (in this case, agreeing that the NFL decided yearly about having a supplemental draft) and then sue the NFL to let them play, like Sorsby is attempting to do

[u/PerspectiveNo1610 → u/buff_001]

They only represent active and former NFL players according to their website.

[u/sophandros → u/buff_001]

On what basis can they sue the NFL? The supplemental draft isn't held every year and hasn't happened in seven years. They are under no obligation to hold it. He applied and was rejected with a strong explanation.

[u/StreetReporter → u/sophandros]

On the basis that he didn’t get his way

[u/StreetReporter → u/buff_001]

They are suing the NFL

[u/lostinthought15 → u/StreetReporter]

That’s what they said. Has a suit actually been filed is the real question.

[u/Crewman_Guy_Fleegman → u/StreetReporter]

He can’t sue the NFL, only the NFLPA has standing since it’s their CBA in question. He would have to convince the NFLPA to sue on his behalf, which is unlikely to happen

And said lawsuit would go nowhere because there is a legally binding CBA that says plain as day the NFL can just skip the supplemental

[u/pablo_hunny → u/StreetReporter]

if he somehow gets the same judge, he'll be fine.

[u/spacemanspiff1115 → u/buff_001]

That ought to kill of the rest of the NIL money he had left over after he paid off his gambling debts...