A U.S. District Court judge in Colorado grants a preliminary, class-wide injunction that allows members of the high school Class of 2022 to receive a fifth year of NCAA eligibility for the upcoming school year. The ruling comes after plaintiffs challenge the NCAA’s newly approved age-based eligibility rule, which is described as having expired for athletes from that graduating class in spring. Judge Charlotte N. Sweeney issues the decision on Friday, and her order is followed by a memo to schools sent on Saturday. The NCAA chief legal officer is cited in connection with that memo. Fox Sports reports that all athletes from the Class of 2022 who have used their fourth season of college eligibility become eligible under the injunction. Fox Sports also reports that the NCAA plans to appeal the decision. Overall, the injunction temporarily blocks enforcement of the age-based eligibility limitation for this cohort while the legal challenge proceeds, and it applies broadly to eligible athletes rather than on a case-by-case basis.
Judge grants Colorado injunction extending Class of 2022 athletes’ NCAA eligibility by one year
A U.S. District Court judge in Colorado grants a preliminary, class-wide injunction that allows members of the high school Class of 2022 to receive a fifth year of NCAA eligibility for the upcoming sc...
- A Colorado federal judge grants a preliminary, class-wide injunction for Class of 2022 athletes’ NCAA eligibility.
- The injunction allows these athletes to receive a fifth season of eligibility for the coming school year.
- The decision responds to a lawsuit challenging the NCAA’s age-based eligibility rule.
- The age-based rule is described as expiring for the Class of 2022 in spring, after athletes completed their fourth season.
- The NCAA says it will appeal the ruling.
All high school class of 2022 athletes who exhausted their fourth season of college eligibility are now eligible following a class-wide injunction granted in Colorado.
17 hours agoA U.S. District Court judge in Colorado granted a preliminary injunction that gives college athletes from the high school Class of 2022 another year of eligibility for the coming school year. Judge Charlotte N. Sweeney handed down the ruling Friday in response to plaintiffs challenging the NCAA's newly approved age-based eligibility rule, which ran out the clock on college athletes from the high school Class of 2022 this past spring. In a memo sent to schools Saturday, NCAA chief legal officer S
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