The part of the Sorsby ruling I never understood is that he was still allowed to be around the team and practice if he was ineligible. He doesn't need to play in games to get the training from coaches.
That part of the ruling impacted a Clemson case the other day.
The Sorsby decision was never about only one student-athlete. We are already seeing downhill effects in other eligibility cases in which state courts are allowing student-athletes to circumvent longstanding eligibility rules, citing Sorsby outcome as part of the courtโs precedent.
Another example of why we need Congress to pass the Protect College Sports Act, authorizing the association to apply common sense eligibility rules consistently for all student-athletes and schools, regardless of the state or local court system.