The NCAA is filing an appeal to challenge a Monday ruling that granted Texas Tech University quarterback Brendan Sorsby a temporary injunction against the association after it banned him for violating its gambling policy for student athletes.

The appeal, filed late Monday, is “accelerated,” meaning the NCAA is hoping to get a ruling from a Texas court before the Red Raiders kick off their season this fall.

Sorsby was banned from competition by the NCAA earlier this year after admitting to betting thousands of dollars on various football games, including contests involving Indiana University, a team he played on as a freshman.

Attorneys for the quarterback, who has since completed treatment for gambling addiction, argued before the judge that keeping Sorsby off the field would harm his recovery process and suggested he sit out the first two games of Texas Tech’s season this fall, a pitch the judge in the case, Ken Curry, agreed to.

The NCAA and its president Charlie Baker blasted the Monday ruling, saying it will have “damaging, far-reaching and broadly destabilizing ramifications … which undermines and corrupts the integrity of sports.”

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