00:00The Brennan Sorsby stuff has been interesting to watch because something that I have noted
00:06from the many people that cover the NFL is that many people cannot separate their feelings on
00:15what Brennan Sorsby is accused of doing and the NCAA found him to have done what he self-admitted
00:20that he had done. So on that, and then maybe how things have been handled by the NCAA and NFL,
00:30it's even in like the reaction yesterday where people were like, oh, is Brennan Sorsby really
00:35going to sue the NFL? He already sued the NCAA. He already did this. He already did this. It's
00:39like, yes, guys, he is. He's trying to find a pathway to play in 2026. It's interesting to me
00:47that people cannot come off their high horse, Daryl, about what he's been accused of. And I have
00:52no problem with you having a problem with that. It's then acting like anything that happens to him
00:57or his legal team representation is somehow fair game because you're morally, you know,
01:05completely ethically upset by that. Well, I think that the NFL's argument was semi-weak and they
01:12should have just stuck to the gambling thing. Like, take a stand. Just say, hey, you're accused
01:17of gambling. We need to really deep dive, investigate this. And that's going to be that. But just to hide
01:23behind, well, you didn't give us enough notice to get a supplemental draft together, that was
01:29ridiculous. And the gentleman that's representing him, I do believe was the same lawyer that represented
01:36Maurice Claret against the NFL back in the day. I think that was a different guy. The guy that's
01:41representing him right now is the NFLPA's lead counsel, Jeffrey Kessler. Yeah. And so he's used to
01:49fighting this type of stuff. Now, the NFLPA is probably going to stick with just worrying about
01:55their own members because that's how union membership works. And as of now, Brendan Sorsby is
02:01not a member of that club. The only thing I would say about that, because I've seen a lot of
02:05people
02:05make that case and make a lot of other cases, I think we're assuming a lot in this. I don't
02:11have
02:11any assumptions in, like, I've heard people be like, well, it's going to be a protracted case,
02:17so it's not really going to matter. It's like, I wouldn't, you can file for, like, expediency
02:22in these kind of things. Like, I think we're assuming a lot in this. I think where I'm at is
02:27I would be shocked if Brendan Sorsby didn't file a lawsuit, and I would be shocked if this isn't,
02:33if this timetable wasn't pushed up a lot quicker than people realize. Yeah, 100%. Like, this isn't over
02:38just yet. My view of it, I think the NFL should have had the supplemental draft, and then whatever
02:47team won the bidding for him, well, then you suffer the consequences of whatever may or may
02:52not come. Which they've done with every other kid that has entered the supplemental draft. Look no
02:56further than Josh Gordon with the Browns in 2012. 100%. Rather than just say, well, we're just not
03:02going to have a supplemental draft. And I understand your bylaws or whatever says that you can make
03:08that determination on your own if you're going to have a supplemental draft or not. There's really
03:11no parameters or circumstances or whatnot that they have to define. It's just a, we feel like
03:17doing this this year. We're going to do it. If we don't, we don't. And I do feel like that
03:21there
03:22was an underlying message being sent here. But here's the problem that I have with the situation.
03:29And again, this is coming from somebody who is dead set against the Browns bidding on this kid
03:34and making him a Cleveland Brown. Is that the change in attitude when it comes to sports betting,
03:46right? It has certainly evolved, I think we would all agree, in the last five to ten years.
03:53And so there's that aspect of it. He's coming up in a generation where this is what kids are doing
04:00now. They're betting on sporting events. It's everywhere. It's mainstream now. It's no longer
04:08you're going down to the corner store and talking to your bookie one-on-one, or you're flying to Vegas
04:14to go to the sports book to put your money down on whatever you want to put your money down
04:19for
04:20entertainment purposes or whatever. It's different now. And so I do feel like there needs to be an
04:28evolution, not just with the NFL, but all the sports leagues, about what's inbounds, what's
04:35out of bounds. Because if we're going to get to a point where if you've bet on sports of any
04:39kind,
04:40you now can't play pro sports, guess what's going to happen? Your talent pool is going to dry up real
04:45fast. Well, I just also think there's nuance to this thing that people refuse to accept. One,
04:50he wasn't on the active roster when he was betting on his team. He was betting on his team. He
04:55was not
04:55betting against his team, which would be another thing. Again, these are slight nuances to it.
04:59And they did happen four years ago. So the NFL's thing, which was, well, we got to see you take
05:05accountability and time is your best friend. It's like he's already had time. Yeah. He hasn't repeated
05:10the mistake he made when he was 18 since then. And here's the other thing. It's not the NFL's place.
05:16The NFL, the instant that they levied this ruling became even more hypocritical than they're known to
05:23be. You have a league with a fair amount of guys that have been tried or arrested for domestic
05:30violence, sexual assault, drunk driving. I mean, Rasheed Rice just got out of jail for the love of
05:36God for a damn near deadly crash, which by the way, he only did 30 days in jail on that
05:41one,
05:41because let's check the notes here, because he failed a weed test, which was against his probation,
05:47which is basically an IQ test. The league, like none of these guys, and by the way, I don't begrudge
05:52them. Like just because you've done horrible things, it's America. People do horrible things
05:56all the time and they get second, third, fourth, fifth chances. So I don't expect the NFL to be
06:01any different, but drawing the line at gambling, their response was perfunctory. Their response
06:06is, we don't think that you can go ahead and muster up a defense, or maybe you don't have the
06:10money or
06:10whatever. So we're going to, we're going to make a case out of you because you're a peon and we're
06:15the
06:15NFL. You didn't need to. And this idea that they're somehow protecting the NFL teams against
06:21themselves. No, they're not. No, they're making a statement because they can. And the actual like
06:28groundwork that they have for it is really weak. Like they do not listen. If you don't create
06:34pathways for Brendan Sorsby to get in the NFL, he's going to sue you to create a pathway. That pathway
06:41could end up threatening your other pathways, which are there and make you a lot of money.
06:46Namely the actual NFL draft. The NFL knows this. The NFL has built their entire thing on a house of
06:53cards, but because people in the media can't separate their personal feelings about what
06:58Brendan Sorsby did with like logic and I don't know, rationale, because once we get, oh, we're
07:05offended by this bleep this kid. And by the way, you don't have to like it. That doesn't mean what
07:10the
07:10NFL did was right or legal. And it doesn't mean that the NFL is the big bad. Oh, look at
07:15what
07:16they did. No, the NFL is hypocritical and they, I think inevitably this is going to be a big
07:24statement that falls for nothing. Their, their defense is we can do what we want. We serve at
07:28the pleasure of whatever we want and we don't have to hold a supplemental draft. And so we're just not
07:35going to do it. And I think that that was the complete wrong avenue to take with this. They should
07:39have held the supplemental draft. They should have allowed teams to bid, uh, the picks on
07:45him, awarded him to whatever team had the best pick. And then if you want to circle back
07:51and say, okay, now we are going to open up an investigation into what you did at Cincinnati
07:58and your, uh, your, your, your betting that you have openly admitted to and said that you
08:02had an addiction, uh, we're going to look into that and there may or may not be, uh, consequences
08:09for that. That's fine. But I still have a problem with that, but that's another conversation,
08:14but I can, my, I can live with that, but just to not even have a supplemental draft when,
08:22as you pointed out, all the unsavory stuff that their players get away with. And by get
08:29away with, I do mean get away with, and that's the line that you're going to draw and you're
08:36going to try and keep him now out of your league. Enjoy your time in front of judge Wapner,
08:42whoever you're going to draw on the federal level. Cause here's the thing. I don't think
08:46it's going to stand. No, I don't think it is. Yeah. I think he, I think Sorsby is going
08:50to win. And, and I would like, I would imagine that at some point in the, I don't want to
08:53say very near future, but in the next two months, I would imagine they're going to have a supplemental
08:57draft because the NFL really doesn't have a legal leg to stand on. Now the NFL PA choosing
09:04to look another way, I think might make Sorsby decide to not go forward with this, but I think
09:11it makes all the sense to sue the NFL because guys, people, Oh, well, the NFL is not going
09:15to look kindly on that. Uh, okay. But here's the thing. If you sue, whether the NFL wins
09:21or loses, the NFL can't go after you. They can't. If you win and the NFL decides to throw
09:29a legal hissy fit or pun, they can't punish you. Now, literally they could try and do what
09:34you suggested, but the same point you could then appeal on the grounds of you think it's
09:38punitive. And in response to you suing the NFL. So like, I just, I think, I do think
09:44Brennan Sorsby is going to end up being in the NFL this year. And I think there will be a
09:48supplemental draft. And the question is going to be of timing. I could be wrong on this.
09:53It'll probably have to be in August, but like he still wins. Yeah. And I just, I, it's so funny.
10:00I'm going to, I'm going to go back to this, the NFL, like when people get upset about like the
10:03Rossini thing, she's a sports journalist. I've watched a lot of sports journalists have a biased
10:08opinion on Brennan Sorsby because they can't separate their personal feelings about what he,
10:12he admitted to doing and how the NFL conducts business. So it's sports journalism for the love
10:20of God. None of these guys are Edward R. freaking Murrow. With the exception of Albert Breer and Daryl
10:26Ryder.
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