Cincinnati denies – Cincinnati has rejected an agent’s claim that the school knew for two years about quarterback Brendan Sorsby’s gambling habits, saying its athletes receive extensive gambling education and that it would report any impermissible wagering to the NCAA. The disput
A claim made in a Dallas interview has now landed back on Cincinnati’s doorstep.
During a Thursday conversation with 105.3 The Fan in Dallas. agent Ron Slavin said the University of Cincinnati knew about quarterback Brendan Sorsby’s gambling habits. Slavin’s argument wasn’t framed as a minor misunderstanding. He said Cincinnati “didn’t do anything wrong here” regarding Texas Tech. but added that the real problem—if anyone is to be questioned—would be Cincinnati because. in his telling. the school “knew for two years and never said anything and didn’t do anything about it.”.
Cincinnati moved quickly to deny that version of events.
In a statement. the Bearcats said they would “reiterate what we have said before.” The school said all of its student-athletes receive extensive gambling education multiple times throughout the year. Cincinnati also said it “would never knowingly play an athlete who violated NCAA sports wagering regulations.” If it ever became aware of impermissible wagering. the statement said it would report to the NCAA and comply with sanctions.
The push and pull between the claim and the denial matters because this isn’t Cincinnati’s first collision with Sorsby’s gambling situation. The school sued him for $1 million after he transferred to Texas Tech.
Sorsby’s timeline is central to the current argument. He spent two years at Cincinnati after violating the NCAA’s gambling rule, repeatedly. In the end, Texas Tech never played Sorsby in a game.
There’s no escaping why Slavin’s “two years” language creates pressure: if Cincinnati truly knew and “never said anything,” it would land squarely on the institution’s obligations under NCAA sports wagering rules.
The NCAA’s enforcement has been the subject of broader debate for years, but this dispute has a more immediate sting for Cincinnati: whether the school knew about gambling-related issues and failed to act is now the question at the heart of Slavin’s accusation and Cincinnati’s denial.
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