{"id":4691,"date":"2026-07-01T22:38:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T22:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4691"},"modified":"2026-07-01T22:38:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T22:38:24","slug":"ohio-judge-to-make-ruling-next-week-in-lawsuit-against-ncaa-regarding-age-eligibility-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4691","title":{"rendered":"Ohio judge to make ruling next week in lawsuit against NCAA regarding age-eligibility rule"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>CINCINNATI (AP) \u2014 An Ohio judge will make a ruling next week on a preliminary injunction request from 24 men\u2019s and women\u2019s college basketball players suing the NCAA, claiming the new age-based model unfairly shuts them out of further competition.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4689\">Senegal and Belgium head to extra time at World Cup at 2-2 after Lukaku and Tielemans score late<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Judge Christopher Wagner, who previously denied a temporary restraining order hours after the lawsuit was filed, said Wednesday during a hearing that his written order will be made on July 9.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit was filed shortly after the NCAA Division I Cabinet approved a monumental change in eligibility rules last month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen each plaintiff completed their fourth season of competition during the 2025-26 academic year, they had every reason to know it was the end of the line and time to make way for the next generation of college athletes,\u201d the NCAA wrote in a filing.<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiffs are seeking to be eligible to play a fifth year during the upcoming season, representing athletes who graduated from high school in 2022 and began their college sports careers that fall and never redshirted. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach plaintiff was harmed each time he or she competed in a basketball game against a fifth or sixth-year player without being offered the same opportunity to compete in a fifth season themselves,\u201d attorney Ryan Downton wrote in a filing.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4687\">Venezuelan medics fear earthquake aftermath will trigger widening medical crisis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The NCAA now allows athletes five seasons of competition over a five-year period that begins with their full-time enrollment or the academic year following their 19th birthday, whichever occurs first.<\/p>\n<p>The move will all but eliminate waivers or redshirt years for extended eligibility except for religious missions, pregnancy or active-duty military service. 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