May 13, 2026
The NCAA has asked a West Virginia federal judge to toss the antitrust suit of four football players, arguing that the athletes lack standing because a preliminary injunction that allowed them to play during the 2025-26 season remedied their alleged injuries.
April 03, 2026
The Fourth Circuit vacated a preliminary injunction Friday barring the NCAA from enforcing its five-year eligibility rule against four former junior college student-athletes, saying the lower court improperly took a "quick-look scrutiny" instead of a "rule of reason" antitrust analysis, thus lowering the players' burden of proof.
January 27, 2026
If a West Virginia federal court's decision to give four football players another year of eligibility is left standing, scores of student-athletes will be emboldened to use last-minute litigation to skirt National Collegiate Athletic Association rules and secure more playing time, the NCAA's counsel told the Fourth Circuit on Tuesday.
January 26, 2026
Notwithstanding the winter storm that slammed several states over the weekend, litigators will clash at the Fourth Circuit this week on whether NCAA eligibility rules violate antitrust law, or federal law preempts North Carolina's ability to regulate e-cigarette sales.
January 22, 2026
The NCAA has urged the Fourth Circuit to keep hearing its appeal of a preliminary injunction letting four West Virginia University football players compete in a season that is now over, arguing that similar challenges to its eligibility rules are inevitable.
January 09, 2026
The NCAA and four West Virginia University football players have until Jan. 21 to tell the Fourth Circuit whether the collegiate athletic association's appeal of an injunction making the players eligible this season is moot, now that the season is over.
September 29, 2025
The Fourth Circuit declined to fast track the briefing in an appeal of an injunction that paused the NCAA's eligibility rules and gave four West Virginia University athletes another year to play football.
September 25, 2025
The NCAA's appeal of the injunction allowing four West Virginia University football players to immediately return to competition needs an expedited schedule, at the risk of district courts granting even more athletes eligibility while cases are still being argued, the NCAA told the Fourth Circuit on Wednesday.