Why the Texas attorney general warned the Big 12 about punishing Texas Tech, Brendan Sorsby

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton. In a letter sent to Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark and board of directors chairman Douglas Girod, Paxton informed the league that it could face significant legal and financial consequences for punishing Sorsby, according to a Thursday report from Mark Schlabach of ESPN. Paxton claimed the Big 12 would be held liable for “Texas Tech’s lost football revenues, damages to its alumni contributions and damages to its recruitment, plus attorneys’ fees,” per Sc...