NCAA Grants Temporary Eligibility Appeal Win for Athletes
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Court decision gives NCAA win in eligibility appeal In a legal victory for the NCAA, a federal appeals court has temporarily halted a court order that would have granted thousands of athletes who left college an extra year of eligibility.
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Bleacher ReportDENVER (AP) — The NCAA notched an important win in federal court Friday over its much-disputed five-year eligibility rule, though it fell short of shutting down the last-minute shuffling threatening to upend college sports rosters with football season fast approaching.
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This is the same ruling that has recently allowed Huskies football players Ta'ita'i Uiagalelei and Grady Gross to return to Montlake and play a fifth season. A new ruling published Wednesday in a Louisiana court, however, has now granted those class of 2022 athletes the ability to enter the transfer portal even though it would otherwise be closed. That ruling has also opened the extra year of eligibility to class of 2022 athletes who have signed professional contracts, like Jack Pyburn of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Dae'Quan Wright of the Cleveland Browns.
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CBS SportsOn Wednesday, former LSU standout and current Tampa Bay Buccaneer Jack Pyburn and 15 other athletes were . Because Pyburn and the other 15 players have their own temporary restraining order, the Tenth Circuit's ruling doesn't affect them, and they are eligible for a return to college football.
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In appealing the state court cases, the NCAA is expected to invoke parts of Friday's ruling, which agreed with NCAA arguments that it was likely to win the case when it's heard in full — probably several months from now — and that the NCAA would suffer more harm than the players if the court didn't pause the order.
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CBS SportsWhile this new ruling in Wisne vs. NCAA may be a victory for the NCAA, it will trigger another wave of lawsuits as other members of the 2022 class seek their own temporary restraining orders and injuctions.
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01 ESPN Freeman: 'Too late' for Notre Dame to add players Notre Dame won't be adding players from the 2022 recruiting class who could be eligible to play this fall because of recent legal decisions including Junior Tuihalamaka, who has committed to LSU.
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02 Yahoo Sports Hannah Stines is looking to play a fifth season of college basketball. It may or may not be at Washington, which has three roster spots open, because Stines has utilized a recent NCAA injunction to enter the transfer portal.
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03 Bleacher Report Former UCLA guard Donovan Dent committed to LSU in the transfer portal on Friday, according to Joe Tipton of On3.com.
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04 CBS Sports The Tenth Circuit has granted the NCAA's stay request in the Wisne vs. NCAA lawsuit. That means qualifying players from the Class of 2022 are once again ineligible unless they have already been granted temporary restraining orders or injunctions.
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05 BBC Sport Published The cases of hundreds of players in rugby's multi-million-pound concussion legal battle have been allowed to continue by the High Court.
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