NCAA fifth-year eligibility appeal
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Colorado judge clarifies class-wide injunction on NCAA age-based eligibility model
The injunction does not enjoin transfer rules, roster caps, or rev-share caps that are part of the House settlement agreement.
The NCAA stated in a letter to membership on Saturday that the ruling lacks the authority to undermine the House injunction.
U.S. District Judge Charlotte Sweeney clarified her class-wide injunction against the NCAA in a new court filing on Sunday.
“As the plain language of the preliminary injunction order and this order make clear, the Court’s injunction concerns only the implementation of the Rule (as defined in the preliminary injunction order) and any Bylaw that prohibits Plaintiffs and Class Members from competing in a fifth season of collegiate athletics.”
NCAA plans to appeal injunction granting fifth year of eligibility to Class of 2022 athletes
The NCAA's chief legal officer Scott Bearby called the Colorado federal judge's decision to grant an injunction restoring a year of eligibility for student-athletes from the high school class of 2022 "egregiously wrong" in a letter sent to member schools.
NCAA president Charlie Baker disagreed with the ruling and called for Congress to pass the Protect College Sports Act.
A Tennessee court granted a temporary injunction to Vanderbilt guard Jalen Washington and 18 other college basketball players to provide a fifth year of eligibility.