Brendan Sorsby’s Agent Blamed Cincinnati for His Gambling — the School Just Hit Back

The Caleb Williams of college football side dramas? Maybe not. But the Brendan Sorsby gambling saga took another sharp turn this week, and this time the finger-pointing went straight at Cincinnati.

Sorsby — who started his college career with the Bearcats before transferring to Texas Tech — saw his name land in the headlines after his agent, Ron Slavin, went on Dallas radio station 105.3 The Fan and unloaded on his former school. Slavin’s claim: Cincinnati knew about Sorsby’s extensive gambling for two full years and never flagged it to the NCAA.

“If anybody should be questioned or catching heat, it should be Cincinnati. Because they knew for two years and never said anything or didn’t do anything about it. That’s the part of the story that gets lost,” Slavin said, via On3 Sports.

The accusation landed with noticeable force. Slavin was pushing back against scrutiny Texas Tech had been receiving for backing Sorsby, who is no longer with the Red Raiders. By pivoting blame onto Cincinnati, Slavin tried to reframe the entire narrative.

But Cincinnati wasn’t about to let that slide.

In a statement to On3’s Pete Nakos, the school flatly denied any prior knowledge of Sorsby’s betting activity. “We will reiterate what we have said before,” the statement read. “All of our student-athletes receive extensive gambling education multiple times throughout the year, and we would never knowingly play an athlete who violated NCAA sports wagering regulations. If we ever became aware of impermissible wagering, we would report to the NCAA and comply with sanctions.”

The response was firm and procedural — essentially saying: we educate, we monitor, and if we knew, we’d have acted. The implication is clear: Cincinnati considers Slavin’s claim either mistaken or misleading.

As for Sorsby, his college eligibility appears finished. A potential return to Texas Tech never materialized, and the back-and-forth between NCAA officials and court rulings seems to have exhausted all on-ramps. Instead, the quarterback plans to enter the NFL supplemental draft, where he’ll try to convince professional teams his gambling history is a closed chapter.

The bigger question now is whether Slavin’s accusation will spark any further investigation — or whether this will fade as another messy exit in the transfer portal era.

For Cincinnati, the message was clear: don’t drag us into a mess we weren’t part of.