NCAA asks US appeals court to reverse injunction against transfer eligibility rule
( March 21, 2025, 22:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The National Collegiate Athletic Association asked a US appeals court to overturn an order that granted an injunction against the enforcement of its “five-year-rule” related to transfer eligibility for student athletes. “The court below upended this judicial consensus to allow a particular student athlete to have a sixth season of competition in college football. In doing so, the court broke from the text, history, and consistent judicial understanding of the Sherman Act in sweeping aside longstanding eligibility rules based on deeply flawed reasoning,” it argued. See attached file. ...
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