9th Circ. Judges Seem Split Over NCAA's 5-Year Rule Appeals

By Dorothy Atkins ( March 13, 2026, 9:44 PM EDT) -- Ninth Circuit panel judges expressed differing opinions Friday over whether a dispute between the NCAA and junior college graduates challenging the NCAA's five-year rule are moot since they graduated, with one judge saying lower courts' injunctions still block NCAA from seeking restitution against universities, while another judge called that relief "illusory."...

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