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NCAA Eligibility Court Fights Are Focused on Football. Basketball Lurks with Its Own Uncertainties
More than 450 athletes are involved in lawsuits as courts weigh whether four-year players can gain a fifth season under the NCAA’s new rule.
- The NCAA's move to a five-year eligibility model has sparked 79 lawsuits involving 450 plaintiffs across all sports, with 234 cases in men's basketball alone as programs scramble to navigate shifting rules.
- North Carolina head coach Michael Malone noted the volatility Thursday morning, saying "the rules change every day," as transfer Cameron Fens remains ineligible despite initially securing a temporary injunction for a fifth year.
- Last week, the Power Four conferences—the SEC, Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten, and Big 12—banned former professional athletes, though LSU guard RJ Luis Jr. secured Louisiana court permission to practice despite prior NBA experience.
- Data shows 154 men's players and 26 women's players have received temporary court relief to play, yet the status of more than 250 athletes remains unclear as litigation continues nationwide.
- Congress is considering the bipartisan Protect College Sports Act, which supporters claim could curb the wave of eligibility lawsuits disrupting team rosters ahead of the November season.
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NCAA eligibility court fights are focused on football. Basketball lurk
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Michael Malone has gone from winning an NBA championship in his head-coaching career to throwing himself fully into a new world of leading a blueblood college basketball program at North Carolina .
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NCAA eligibility court fights are focused on football. Basketball lurks with its own uncertainties
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Michael Malone has gone from winning an NBA championship in his head-coaching career to throwing himself fully into a new world of leading a blueblood
·Toronto, Canada
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