Brendan Sorsby retains lawyer for potential NCAA eligibility battle amid gambling allegations

Brendan Sorsby has retained prominent sports labor lawyer Jeffrey Kessler as the Texas Tech transfer quarterback prepares for a potential eligibility battle against the NCAA, Kessler confirmed to The Athletic.Kessler has decades of experience in sports law, having worked on cases that helped bring free agency to the NFL and the NBA. More recently, the 71-year-old was the co-lead plaintiff attorney in the landmark House v. NCAA settlement, which forever changed college athletics by permitting schools to pay athletes directly for their name, image and likeness.Advertisement