Roy Alexander sues NCAA over gambling suspension in Texas court

Roy Alexander filed suit against the NCAA in a Texas federal court on Wednesday, becoming the second collegiate athlete this year to challenge a gambling suspension through litigation.

Alexander, a wide receiver who played at Texas Tech, received a six-game suspension after the NCAA found he had placed bets on sports during his college career. His lawsuit seeks to overturn that punishment. The case follows Brendan Sorsby's earlier challenge, in which a court granted temporary relief from a similar NCAA sanction.

The timing matters. Prediction market operators including Kalshi and Polymarket now offer contracts on college sports outcomes, and the NCAA's enforcement posture toward athletes who bet on any sport — not only their own — sits at the edge of a legal framework that federal courts are actively rewriting. A ruling that limits the NCAA's disciplinary reach over gambling conduct would remove one of the few remaining institutional checks on athlete participation in these markets.