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Lipscomb University basketball player defends US antitrust claims against NCAA

( December 8, 2025, 23:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Counsel for Derrin Boyd opposed the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s motion to dismiss a US court challenge to certain eligibility rules that prevent Boyd from participating in NCAA Division II basketball during the 2025-2026 season. They argued that the first amended complaint alleges exactly what the court has already recognized constitutes anticompetitive conduct in the post-Alston era: that the NCAA’s five-year rule and five-year waiver rule function as coordinated eligibility restraints that exclude a defined subset of athletes — those who began their collegiate careers at non-NCAA institutions — from competing in the Division I basketball labor market.See attached file. ...

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