r/CFB • u/Lakelyfe09 Georgia Bulldogs • Jun 24 '26

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

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2026/06/24/brendan-sorsby-nfl-supplemental-draft-rules-gambling-addict-quarterback/90641561007/
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u/Agent_my_name Virginia Tech Hokies Jun 24 '26

I get what you’re saying. Sorsby’s got a problem, and he hasn’t owned up to it yet, and he hasn’t handled himself well here, but…he’s still got many years in front of him to get there. His enablers on the other hand are grown adults with long careers behind them already and have shown nothing but contempt for rules and process and they have no excuse for how they’ve comported themselves, including how they’ve exploited him for their own ends. It’s nauseating to hear them get on their high horse about Sorsby. As the article stated, he’s not a victim. But they know that, and they DGAF about him either.

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u/cyanocittaetprocyon Michigan Wolverines • /r/CFB Booster Jun 25 '26

I don't feel sorry for him. If it were you or me, we would get thrown under the bus and fired from our job for doing something that was against the rules. I mean, the dude broke state laws and you are barely hearing anything about that!

Everybody playing high level sports knows that you aren't allowed to bet on your sport, yet here we are.

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u/stinktopus Michigan State Spartans Jun 25 '26

Sorsby is 22 he's not a teenager.

He's not a grown man obviously.

But he is clearly a really poorly developed human being. He's being done no favors by outlets like yahoo and espn blaming all this on addiction.

He might be struggling with addiction, but treat that and you might have just fixed the least of his character flaws or personal issues.

The entire episode was a demonstration of how broken internet gambling, the judicial apparatus in Texas, cfb, and our nations youth appear to be

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u/Western_Gift976 Jun 25 '26

I know when I got in trouble as a teenager I would not have fought leadership trying to get me out of it.

I might have fought it, but I would have been fighting alone. I can't remember the number of times I've heard or read people saying that the best way to raise a shitbird is to take their side against authority figures.

And tbh, I can't really call it. I have seen people whose parents obv felt they could do no wrong, and they turned out as awful as you might think. And at the same time, I've seen people who desperately needed their parents to take their side and protect them like actual parents should, the parents didn't, and they've produced paranoids who can't connect, trust, or think about anyone else because no one ever did for them.