Judge presiding over Brendan Sorsby’s NCAA lawsuit recuses himself

Judge Phillip Hays, who was presiding over Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby’s lawsuit against the NCAA, has recused himself and will no longer oversee the case. Hays did not provide an official reason for his recusal in the order he filed on Wednesday, but it’s not hard to put the pieces together. The Texas judge graduated with 2 degrees from Texas Tech and grew up in Lubbock, presenting an obvious conflict of interest. Sorsby was considered one of the top quarterbacks in the transfer portal, having landed in Lubbock by way of Cincinnati. His lawsuit, which was filed on May...