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Alabama Judge Recuses Himself in Charles Bediako Eligibility Case
Judge James Roberts recused due to his donor status with Alabama athletics, prompting reassignment to protect impartiality amid Charles Bediako's lawsuit challenging NCAA eligibility rules.
- On Wednesday, Tuscaloosa Circuit Court Judge James `Jim` Roberts filed an order recusing himself from Charles Bediako's eligibility lawsuit, first reported by AL.com.
- The NCAA filed a recusal motion Tuesday, citing Judge James `Jim` Roberts' donor listing on the Crimson Tide Foundation website and public scrutiny raising partiality concerns.
- Bediako sued the NCAA last Tuesday seeking injunctions, Roberts granted a temporary restraining order allowing him to play Saturday, and the hearing was extended after NCAA counsel missed it.
- The case was reassigned to Judge Daniel Pruet, an Alabama graduate, and no new hearing date has been set while the National Collegiate Athletic Association and Todd Golden, college coach, oppose Bediako's return.
- Courts note an appearance of partiality can be enough to require recusal, the National Collegiate Athletic Association wrote, citing media and online forums and warning such cases displace high school students amid calls for Congress to act.
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