Report: Texas Tech To Consider Legal Action Against Rival Schools

In response to Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby being allowed to play in 2026 despite admitting to betting on football, colleges across the country have started excising the Red Raiders from their schedule. But the Texas Tech pockets run deep and they're willing to pay top dollar to keep that from happening.

According to CBS Sports' Brandon Marcello, Texas Tech is ready to consider legal action if any athletic programs or conferences try to exclude them from competition in the near future.

"I'm told Texas Tech would consider legal action if athletic programs and/or conferences try to exclude them from competition or hinder their scheduling," Marcello wrote on X.

All Talk?

College football fans had a hard time believing that Texas Tech would be able to win any sort of lawsuit or legal action against a team for refusing to do something they haven't already agreed to.

"Are they going to sue the Maui Invitational for not inviting the Tech basketball team? These other schools have the freedom of association," one user on X pointed out.

"I know you can sue for just about anything - but is there legal merit for a program CHOOSING not to schedule an opponent? You can't force people to schedule you lol," wrote another.

"Between trying to demand Texas schedule them on four months notice and now this possible 'schedule us or we'll sue' strategy, Texas Tech definitely has a unique understanding of how non conference games come together," a third remarked.

"Obviously they can claim contractually allowed damages for anyone cancelling games. I'd love to see the argument made to force an unwilling party to enter into a new contract. The meaningful question for 2026: what a lawsuit against their own conference looks like."

While everyone acknowledged that teams can't just bow out of games they've already set up, there's not much Texas Tech can really do to force other schools to schedule games against them.

That doesn't mean they can't try. With how many court rulings have gone in their favor, they might as well try anyway.

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This story was originally published June 10, 2026 at 12:36 PM.