The news of Brendan Sorsby entering a treatment center for a gambling addiction has dominated the slow college football offseason news cycle.
An article on the subject by CBS Sports made many realize just how much sports gambling has taken over the brain of college football media as a whole.
Brendan Sorsby has entered a gambling addiction program for sports betting, which could end his college career.
The second paragraph of this story is remarkable. pic.twitter.com/9m0MMi4Gqq
— Matt Schick (@ESPN_Schick) April 29, 2026
This specific article, written about Sorsby’s crippling gambling addiction, directly references how the QB’s expected absence this season will impact his Heisman Trophy odds, as well as Texas Tech’s win-total, two popular gambling props among bettors.
It seems as if CBS forgot what subject they were actually writing about.
First-ballot induction into the Tone Deaf Hall of Fame: https://t.co/dYwNq6N1Jz
— Pat Forde (@ByPatForde) April 30, 2026
This article represented what college media has become all about: gambling. It dominates commercials, pregame shows, and articles, even when the subject is about a player who actively bet on his own team.
The normalization of pushing lines when talking about a young man potentially ruining his life has the internet at its limit:
A player enters rehab for gambling addiction and the second paragraph discusses gambling odds….make it make sense pic.twitter.com/tdKAeAWIa1
— Brian Hoesing (@Hoser77) April 29, 2026
Sorsby put his entire $5M in NIL money on a parlay of him not winning the Heisman, TTU under 11.5 wins, and someone else winning the Big 12. Chess not checkers. https://t.co/vXbUXy5Bkb
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) April 30, 2026
Absolutely incredible. https://t.co/9QtabzXoae
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) April 30, 2026
Absolutely DISGUSTING reporting in that article. What the actual fuck.
— Onlytruth (@kjh11222) April 30, 2026
He can now bet Under 10.5 wins and get his money back
— Warren Wilhelm (@FormerlyKnownWW) April 30, 2026
— College Sports Only (@CSOonX) April 30, 2026
With Sorbsy’s playing status still up in the air, the story is far from over.
Will college sports media learn a lesson from this tone deaf article from CBS Sports?
