{"id":418636,"date":"2026-06-30T10:19:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T10:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/?p=418636"},"modified":"2026-06-30T10:19:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T10:19:59","slug":"cfl-wont-allow-qb-brendan-sorsby-to-join-league-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/2026\/06\/30\/cfl-wont-allow-qb-brendan-sorsby-to-join-league-this-season\/","title":{"rendered":"CFL won&#8217;t allow QB Brendan Sorsby to join league this season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another door has closed for Brendan Sorsby&#8217;s immediate football future, as the CFL said Friday that the quarterback will not be allowed to join any of its teams for the upcoming season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Upholding the integrity of the league and ensuring fair competition are paramount to the CFL,&#8221; the CFL said in a statement to USA Today. &#8220;The allegations involving Brendan Sorsby are serious and concerning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;At this time, the CFL will not register a contract for him, and no team will be permitted to add him to its negotiation list.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sorsby had not publicly expressed interest in playing in Canada, but his options are limited after the NFL decided Tuesday not to hold a supplemental draft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sorsby admitted to betting thousands of times on college and pro sports, bets that totaled upward of $90,000 and included 40 wagers on\u00a0Indiana\u00a0football while he was on the team. He had attempted to regain his eligibility to play at\u00a0Texas Tech\u00a0for the 2026 season but withdrew a lawsuit against the NCAA after initially receiving a temporary injunction to play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sorsby&#8217;s attorney, Jeffrey Kessler, had told ESPN that the NFL&#8217;s decision not to hold a supplemental draft was a CBA violation and that they would pursue possible action with the NFLPA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another door has closed for Brendan Sorsby&#8217;s immediate football future, as the CFL said Friday that the quarterback will not be allowed to join any of its teams for the upcoming season. &#8220;Upholding the integrity of the league and ensuring fair competition are paramount to the CFL,&#8221; the CFL said in a statement to USA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12903],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-418636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-12903"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418636"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":418637,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418636\/revisions\/418637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}