NCAA’s updated eligibility rules face class action lawsuit from 11 college athletes
The NCAA is up against a federal class action lawsuit over its new eligibility rules, once again forcing college sports’ governing body to duke it out in the courtroom. The class action suit, brought by 11 college athletes and filed in Colorado, claims that the student athletes have been adversely affected by the new eligibility rules — due to the fact that their ability to play longer in college has been impacted and thus impacting the NIL benefits that come with it.
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The NCAA is up against a federal class action lawsuit over its new eligibility rules, once again forcing college sports’ governing body to duke it out in the courtroom. The class action suit, brought by 11 college athletes and filed in Colorado, claims that the student athletes have been adversely affected by the new eligibility rules — due to the fact that their ability to play longer in college has been impacted and thus impacting the NIL benefits that come with it. The plaintiffs include basketball stars Cade Tyson of Minnesota and Brock Wisne of Northern Colorado. “Plaintiffs are a talented group of NCAA Division I collegiate athletes and students who come to this Court as a last resort and as a direct result of the NCAA’s unlawful action in implementing a new eligibility rule on June 24, 2026 (hereinafter the ‘Five-Year Eligibility Rule’) in a manner designed to prevent Plaintiffs from playing their sports at an NCAA member college or university for the 2026-2027 season,” the complaint stated, per ESPN.
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- The NCAA is up against a federal class action lawsuit over its new eligibility rules, once again forcing college sports’ governing body to duke it out in the courtroom. The class action suit, brought by 11 college athletes and filed in Colorado, claims that the student athletes have been adversely affected by the new eligibility rules — due to the fact that their ability to play longer in college has been impacted and thus impacting the NIL benefits that come with it.
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