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NCAA to Appeal In Granting 5th Season To Class Of 2022 Athletes

U.S. District Judge Charlotte Sweeney granted a class-wide injunction allowing 2022 college athletes a fifth season of eligibility, which the NCAA will appeal.

A federal judge granted a class-wide injunction allowing all high school class of 2022 athletes who exhausted their fourth season of college eligibility to compete in a fifth season. The NCAA will appeal this ruling that undercuts their "five for five" eligibility model. librea.one

The transfer portal will open from August 3-10 for newly eligible athletes, while NCAA President Charlie Baker expressed concerns about roster chaos. The Colorado ruling applies broadly to all Division I players who started college in 2022-23, not just a select group, similar to a recent Tennessee decision granting eligibility to 19 basketball players.