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“The NCAA is so mad at Kentucky that they’re gonna give Cleveland State two more years probation.” — Jerry Tarkanian (RIP)

NC judge does not grant injunction for Duke/UNC football players seeking additional year of eligibility. NCAA yesterday denied waivers for 3 Duke players. Waiver for UNC’s JJ Jones is pending. Story coming though it may be a bit.

NEWS: Judge Claudia Wilken issued an order related to the House settlement today, giving attorneys 14 days to phase in or/and grandfather in roster limits or she will *deny* the House settlement.

Wow, ignoring the thing the judge asked you to do and hoping she wouldn’t care didn’t turn out to be a great legal strategy. Who could have guessed.

Judge Wilken is also being very clear that she's not messing around with this, setting a case schedule that will push House v. NCAA to trial (where ~$12 billion of potential damages await the NCAA if they lose).

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I can't imagine any conceivable world where Judge Wilken signs off on this, if this is indeed the plan.

The House settlement supplemental brief with the new grandfathering provisions has been filed. drive.google.com/file/d/1xcq_ZU…

Judge Wilken has issued a quick order inviting the objector attorneys to file a response brief to tonight's House settlement adjustments by Tuesday. (So we won't have a decision until at least a few days after May 16)

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Very interesting. FIBA has proposed to the NCAA that player movement from FIBA clubs to NCAA teams be treated the same as transfers between FIBA clubs. Would ensure player buyouts in FIBA club contracts are paid. Essentially treats the NCAA as another pro league.

“I Still Fight the Good Fight”: Once Again, Sonny Vaccaro Has His Say - Hoops HQ hoopshq.com/long-reads/son…

You can call this new position whatever you want. But if a collection of colleges that have market power grant a single person authority to make collective decisions on their behalf, absent collective bargaining their title should be #CAV. That is as in Chief Antitrust Violator.

Another eligiblity lawsuit has been filed against the NCAA, this time by Tennessee basketball's Zakai Zeigler. This is something of a twist from the formula: Zeigler, who has played at UT since his true freshman year in 2021, seeks a fifth year within his eligibility window.

Drafted P4 contracts spell out that schools must waive right to sue or be evicted from their conference. But sources are skeptical the contracts hold. "Pure anticompetitive activity. The FTC would investigate, and folks could go to jail. A tone deaf move by the AFour

Pretty big college athletics moment below. Tennessee’s Chancellor and AD both publicly state that collective bargaining is the only solution for college athletics moving forward. Many others in college athletics privately agree.

What has life been like for Houston Men's Hoops 🏀 🐾 coach Coach Kelvin Sampson since the heartbreaking end to the season? Eric Prisbell went to Houston to find a man both anguished and optimistic. Here's his must-read story for Hoops HQ Hoops HQ hoopshq.com/big-12/anguish…

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Texas’ pending NIL bill that allows schools to pay NIL compensation to college athletes will now go into effect immediately if/when signed by the governor. The bill also has a unique provision that ties Texas law to future governing body rule changes or court orders on NIL.