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Court Halts Fifth Year Eligibility for College Athletes | Odessa News
A federal appeals court has paused a ruling that would’ve granted thousands of college athletes—graduates of 2022 who exhausted their eligibility last season—an extra year, just eight days before the football season starts. These players, excluded from the NCAA’s new five-year rule, hoped to return to their old teams for one more season. Now, the case is on hold as the appeals court weighs fairness: athletes argue they deserve the same opportunities as younger players, while the NCAA insists granting them eligibility would disrupt rosters and penalize schools that already planned around…
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