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Did a Texas judge just break 'the system' for good?

Why the Brendan Sorsby ruling could finally push college sports toward ... whatever comes next.

Did a Texas judge just break 'the system' for good?
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Where was Judge Ken Curry when Pete Rose needed him?

One might contend there is no apples-to-apples comparison between baseball’s hit king and Brendan Sorsby, the Indiana/Cincinnati/Texas Tech quarterback whom Curry ruled Monday will be eligible to play for the Red Raiders this season despite his admission that he placed thousands of bets over a period of several years, including some involving his own team.

Rose, after all, was a seasoned professional who received a lifetime ban for betting on games as a manager, and he technically accepted a voluntary ban with no formal findings related to his gambling — and his bookies weren’t pushing promo codes during commercial breaks.

Yet betting on your own sport — let alone your own team — is so universally accepted as zero-tolerance behavior that it's nearly impossible to understand how Sorsby avoided a similar fate as Rose, at least within the context of his college career.

Nearly.