CLASS OF 2022 ELIGIBILITY BOARD. SEPT. 7
Here is the current state-by-state board after the Aug. 21 stay of the nationwide Wisne injunction.
ACTIVE PROTECTION
• Kentucky. Wells/Edwards group. Expanded TRO remains in force. NCAA emergency stay effort failed. Afari and Jabari Mack have now PLAYED.
• Louisiana. Preliminary injunction entered. NCAA/SEC restrictions enjoined for covered plaintiffs. SEC says it will appeal, but I have not seen an appellate stay.
• Texas. Hudson group remains protected. Major hearing Sept. 11.
• Texas. Traevon Mitchell remains protected.
• Oklahoma. Tockey/Saili group protected. Danny Saili has now played.
• Oklahoma. Braxton Fely protected, including portal/Rule of Restitution relief.
• Arkansas. Wooden/Williams protected by agreed TRO extension.
• New Mexico. Brett Karhu protected and has now played.
• Oregon. Van Wells/Jaheim Patterson protected. Both played Sept. 5.
• Indiana. 8-athlete TRO remains active. Stephen Daley played Sept. 5.
• Missouri. Sterling Webb protected against NCAA + Missouri itself. He has played.
• New York. Monroe, Gayle and Pearce currently have TRO protection.
• Georgia. Godfrey group protected. NCAA appeal pending, but no stay located.
• New Jersey. Kromah protected. NCAA has ASKED for a stay, but I have not seen one granted.
• Southern Miss. Nunnery/Lewis/Maui protected through Sept. 14.
STAYED
• Tennessee. Trial-court injunction stayed on appeal.
• Ohio/Borovicanin. 24-player injunction stayed pending appeal.
• Wisne nationwide injunction. Still stayed by the Tenth Circuit.
DENIED
• Nevada/Cruz
• Nevada/Fuller emergency relief
• South Carolina/Dalley
• Federal Trotter group
RELIEF REQUESTED / WATCH
• Arizona. Max Harris/Ismail Mahdi
• Kentucky. Kalib Perry trying to join Edwards group
• Mississippi State. Manning/Sylla
• Florida. Steen
• Ole Miss/Micah Handlogten. Eligibility remains unresolved.
IMPORTANT NEW PRACTICAL EXAMPLE.
Texas OL Cole Hutson previously won court relief on the Class-of-2022 issue, but Texas now says he is STILL INELIGIBLE because of a separate NCAA issue.
That may be the best illustration yet that winning the “2022 fifth-year” issue does not automatically clear every other NCAA or conference eligibility hurdle.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
This is the Class-of-2022 calendar to watching.
SEPT. 8
• Wisne athletes’ Tenth Circuit merits brief due
• West Virginia Kelly/Straw PI hearing
• NCAA response due in Helms
SEPT. 9
• Borovicanin Ohio appellate brief due
• Vince Iwuchukwu PI hearing in New York
SEPT. 10
• Arkansas Wooden/Williams PI hearing
• Oregon Wells/Patterson PI hearing
SEPT. 11. BIG DAY
• Indiana 8-athlete PI hearing
• Texas Hudson 41-plaintiff hearing
• Missouri Tettamble hearing
• NCAA reply due in Wisne
• NCAA response due in Monroe
SEPT. 14
• Southern Miss Nunnery TRO endpoint/hearing period
SEPT. 15
• Baylor/Traevon Mitchell temporary-injunction hearing
SEPT. 16
• Benjamin Pearce PI hearing
SEPT. 17
• Amarri Monroe PI hearing
• Roddy Gayle PI hearing
SEPT. 22
• Borovicanin oral argument before Ohio First District
SEPT. 24
• NCAA age-based eligibility JPML/MDL hearing in Chicago
• Lorient federal PI hearing
SEPT. 25
• Koonin PI hearing in New Jersey
SEPT. 29
• Glancey PI hearing in California
And one date correction that keeps getting mixed up.
SEPT. 22 is BOROVICANIN oral argument in Ohio.
There is still NO confirmed Wisne oral-argument date.
The bottom line. The nationwide Wisne injunction remains stayed, but the state-court strategy is very much alive. We now have multiple athletes who have gone.
Wisne stay → individual state TRO → survive NCAA challenge → actually play.
The next major inflection point looks like Sept. 10-11, when Arkansas, Oregon, Indiana and the large Texas Hudson group all return to court.
December is here! We reflect on our Women’s XC Season— a lot of good stuff from PRs to having a Freshman of the Year. Next up: Indoor T&F 😼
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A 12th place finish at the MAC XC Championship with a time of 20:44.2
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