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Judge Blocks NCAA Stay, Keeps Fifth-Season Rule Injunction

8/11/2026

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Judge Charlotte N. Sweeney denied the NCAA’s request to stay a nationwide injunction allowing Division I athletes who completed four seasons to play a fifth season.
Sweeney said the NCAA’s eligibility rule created the chaos it cites and found no irreparable harm.
She noted antitrust evidence that the rule would reduce output and lower wages.
The NCAA, represented by Wilkinson Stekloff LLP, Holland & Knight LLP, and Dorsey & Whitney LLP, may appeal to the 10th Circuit.

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Judge Charlotte N. Sweeney denied the NCAA’s request to stay a nationwide injunction allowing Division I athletes who completed four seasons to play a fifth season.
Sweeney said the NCAA’s eligibility rule created the chaos it cites and found no irreparable harm.
She noted antitrust evidence that the rule would reduce output and lower wages.
The NCAA, represented by Wilkinson Stekloff LLP, Holland & Knight LLP, and Dorsey & Whitney LLP, may appeal to the 10th Circuit.