NCAA gets US injunction against new eligibility rules overturned on appeal
( November 6, 2026, 18:17 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit reversed a preliminary injunction against the National Collegiate Athletic Association's new implementation of its "Five-Year Eligibility Rule." "If a market for men's Division I baseball players is implausible when supported by data related to Division I men's basketball and football, we have little trouble concluding that the all-inclusive market definition here is unsupported by the data relating to a few men's sports provided by plaintiffs," Circuit Judge Carolyn B. McHugh wrote in the opinion. See attached file....
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