At heart I believe all of us are children of God who are siblings to one another. As such, each of us has the inherent right to liberty, freedom, and the ability to pursue our dreams and create value for ourselves. We ought to stand for those principles and defend them for every human being regardless of race, creed, gender, orientation, or nationality. We may all be different in our unique ways, but we ought to treat each other equally before the law and afford dignity and respect to one another. We should show love, kindness, and decency to others in our private lives. Compassion, empathy, and mercy are strengths because they are virtues. Integrity and charity above all.

Under Texas law, courts defer to the internal affairs and rules of private associations and will not substitute the court’s judgment for the association's decision (such as membership revocation, rule-making, or expulsion) unless the association failed to follow its own bylaws or acted in bad faith. So how does Texas Tech get around that? ⬇️

Conferences are free to set standards that are higher than those established by the NCAA. For instance, there is nothing in the NCAA rules to prevent a convicted pedophile from playing college football. But a conference would be within its rights to prohibit that from happening in their league. Likewise, a conference could prohibit an athlete for playing in their league if they had admitted to placing bets on their own team.

In other words, the hook that Kessler hung his hat on in Sorsby’s lawsuit against the NCAA won’t exist if he files a lawsuit against the Big 12. So where’s he going to hang his hat? There is zero evidence that the Big 12 has ever claimed that it exists to support college athletes, and its Mission Statement says nothing of the sort.

It’s worth noting that in Sorsby’s lawsuit against the NCAA, Jeff Kessler’s whole argument was based on the NCAA’s assertion that its primary mission is to protect and benefit college athletes, which Kessler said it failed to do by not considering Sorsby’s addiction and mental health. The Big 12 has never made such as assertion, and its Mission Statement is vastly different than the NCAA’s.

The NCAA Constitution upon which Sorsby’s lawyers obtained an injunction claiming a breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty also says: “The National Collegiate Athletic Association is COMMITTED to the … ACADEMIC SUCCESS of student-athletes … .” So, I suppose any athlete who loses their eligibility or is dismissed from a team based on failing grades can now file a lawsuit blaming the NCAA for them not attending class or studying.

This is what a competent AG looks like. One who actually finds applicable case law and not generic dicta from a law school antitrust introduction textbook. @mckenzielaw @RohanLawPC

This video perfectly depicts interacting with TT fans on X this week: youtu.be/OzchsNDqtYc?is=0WTS…

TT PR right now

Now this was funny. Note, I do not condone violence of any kind.

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If the Big 12 chooses not to allow Texas Tech to participate in any conference games this season. The B1G, SEC and ACC should step in and play 3 road games each at Big 12 schools. Boom! The Big 12 has its needed 9 game inventory for media partners.

Is corruption just in the water in Texas politics?

That was an incredible choke job by San Antonio. I am here for it.

Column: The first two concentric circles of responsibility around Bendan Sorsby failed. The Big 12 is third, it's in position to take action against Texas Tech. bit.ly/4v8xdvy