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Tenth Circuit Grants NCAA Stay, Delays Colorado Transfer Order

8/21/2026

Summary

NCAA Stay Granted

The U.S. Tenth Circuit granted the NCAA a stay on the Colorado injunction.
Judge Will Jorden issued a temporary restraining order allowing a seven-day transfer portal before Sept. 1.
Oklahoma transfers Danny Saili and Tae Davis lost eligibility after the stay halted the Colorado injunction.
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey filed an affidavit urging a Louisiana judge to block pros from returning, citing disruption.

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Rookies Eye College

Fringe rookies consider returning to college as NFL roster cut-down day approaches on Aug. 30.
Buccaneers rookie Jack Pyburn and 15 others received Louisiana TROs to seek release by Sept. 1.
Cardinals safety Wydett Williams Jr. and Browns’ Dae’Quan Wright are among 33 players with TROs aiming to re-enter college football.
Practice-squad pay of $13,750 weekly ($247,500 full season) contrasts with $500,000-$1.2 million cost of a Power-4 college defender.

History

Historical Context

Ed O'Bannon’s 2014 antitrust victory against the NCAA forced the association to allow cost-of-attendance scholarships and sparked nationwide name-image-likeness rules, later reinforced by the Supreme Court’s 2021 Alston decision. Those precedents underpin today’s Tenth Circuit stay of a Colorado transfer-portal injunction and Louisiana TROs, as the NCAA and SEC commissioner Greg Sankey contest similar restrictions.

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NCAA Stay Granted

The U.S. Tenth Circuit granted the NCAA a stay on the Colorado injunction.
Judge Will Jorden issued a temporary restraining order allowing a seven-day transfer portal before Sept. 1.
Oklahoma transfers Danny Saili and Tae Davis lost eligibility after the stay halted the Colorado injunction.
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey filed an affidavit urging a Louisiana judge to block pros from returning, citing disruption.

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