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One angle I haven't seen mentioned is that fifth-year guys (especially at the non-skills positions) will probably be hot items in the portal. Experience--especially at the P4 level--is a valuable commodity and you may see helmet schools dish out considerable NIL for them.

If there was a supplemental draft, I have little doubt that someone would have selected Sorsby. The gambling issue probably would have pushed him down a few rounds, but I have a difficult time believing that someone wouldn't have spent a day-three pick to take him.

True, but have there been applications for a supplemental draft since the last one? I trankly don't know. It is nigh on impossible to defend Sorsby and one reaps what they sow and all that jazz, but I don't see the NFL as employing a collection of saints. I think we all have to admit that...

I bet Pavia wishes he had not signed a pro contract.

I think the NFLPA might push the issue to get clarity on similar situations that may occur in the tuture. NFLPA hasn't shown the solidarity thta thte MLBPA has (at least in recent years) and the MLBPA is already dumping on the baseball owners' proposed changes to the MLB amateur draft. It is...

The NCAA needs to take a cue from Nancy Reagan and hope that their "just say no" to this on-going BS is more successful than her original campaign.

Goes to show you how much I bet.

Sorsby will end up with the Raiders. He can bet the sports books in-person and stay off his phone.

It looked like Texas Tech was going to go all-in, but when the chips were down they folded.

I hope they have a decision by gametime.

And they have Maury Povich ready to say "You're NOT the father!" But, like MNVCGUY said, this particular recruiting method is nothing new. I'm just surprised that a recruit came forward to admit it. It's not the same, but remember when Lydon Murtha spilled the beans about being taken to Deja...

Agree and it is going to be difficult to get the toothpaste back in the tube. My guess is players are betting a lot more and a lot more often than we know. Are they betting on themselves? I find it difficult to believe that's a line not to be crossed for a bunch of players.

I understand Jones' argument, but aside of the point about Sorsby making a youthful mistake (if the sports equivalent of insider trading is simply a youthful indiscretion) it just seems like an apologia for the jockocracy. I said it a few years back right after O'Bannon that the NCAA would be...

Thanks to all for cluing me in on the details of the Sorsby affair that had totally escaped my arm's length attention to the matter.

And let's not forget the blackballing of Connie Hawkins who was implicated in a point-shaving scandal that ironically he could have never been a part of seeing he was a freshman during the scandal in an era when freshman couldn't play. This whole episode shows how much the landscape surrounding...