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On Wednesday, a Tennessee judge granted Pavia’s request for a temporary injunction against the NCAA and its rules related to seasons of eligibility.
Pavia, exhausted of eligibility after having played two years of junior college and three years in Division I, is challenging the NCAA’s policy that counts a junior college stint on a player’s eligibility clock. NCAA athletes get five calendar years to play four seasons. Junior college counts as a season of play — a policy at the heart of the case.
The court, at least temporarily, has agreed with the quarterback — junior college, which is not an NCAA institution, should not count against a player’s NCAA eligibility. According to the court’s ruling, the NCAA cannot enforce its eligibility rules that would normally prohibit Pavia from playing one more season of Division I football.
Wednesday’s ruling is a landmark moment. It not only paves the way for all junior college players to gain an additional year of eligibility, but it may invite future legal challenges over the NCAA’s traditional eligibility policy for even non-junior college athletes — the five-years-to-play-four rule.
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Pavia, exhausted of eligibility after having played two years of junior college and three years in Division I, is challenging the NCAA’s policy that counts a junior college stint on a player’s eligibility clock. NCAA athletes get five calendar years to play four seasons. Junior college counts as a season of play — a policy at the heart of the case.
The court, at least temporarily, has agreed with the quarterback — junior college, which is not an NCAA institution, should not count against a player’s NCAA eligibility. According to the court’s ruling, the NCAA cannot enforce its eligibility rules that would normally prohibit Pavia from playing one more season of Division I football.
Wednesday’s ruling is a landmark moment. It not only paves the way for all junior college players to gain an additional year of eligibility, but it may invite future legal challenges over the NCAA’s traditional eligibility policy for even non-junior college athletes — the five-years-to-play-four rule.
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The 30,000-foot view of the Pavia decision: It not only paves the way for all junior college players to gain an additional year, but it may invite even more legal challenges over the NCAA's eligibility rules.
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