Patterson et al v. National Collegiate Athletic Association

  1. July 28, 2026

    Don't Let Players Add To 5th-Year Eligibility Suit, NCAA Asks

    The NCAA wants a Tennessee federal judge to deny a bid by a group of athletes to amend their eligibility lawsuit, including a challenge to its new five-year rule, saying they are not entitled to play for another season.

  2. July 16, 2026

    Players Expand NCAA Suit Over 5th-Season Eligibility

    A group of college football players challenging the NCAA over its eligibility rules proposed adding athletes from other sports to its Tennessee federal proposed class action as well as naming the five "power" conferences as co-defendants.

  3. July 09, 2026

    NCAA Faces Renewed Bid By Players Seeking 5th Season

    Three college football players who are part of a suit challenging the NCAA's now updated eligibility rules want a Tennessee federal court to reverse itself and allow them to play this season, arguing that the new five-year rule unjustly excludes them.

  4. March 18, 2026

    College Athletes Continue Challenge Of NCAA Eligibility Rules

    A group of college football players hoping to extend their playing careers by challenging existing eligibility rules have criticized the NCAA's efforts to toss their antitrust suit, arguing in Tennessee federal court that the organization has overstated the legal requirements for defining a relevant market.

  5. January 16, 2026

    Judge Rejects Bid To Block NCAA's 4-Season Limit

    A Tennessee federal court rejected a bid from five Division I college football players to preliminarily block the NCAA from denying them a full fifth season of play, finding they didn't sufficiently show the NCAA's four-season limit is anticompetitive.

  6. September 26, 2025

    Athletes Want Judge In Pavia Case For NCAA 'Redshirt' Suit

    The federal judge whose 2024 injunction allowed Vanderbilt University's Diego Pavia to play an extra season of football should oversee a proposed antitrust class action seeking to upend the NCAA's eligibility rules, the athletes behind the suit told a Tennessee federal court.

  7. September 03, 2025

    Players Challenge NCAA's 'Redshirt' Rule As Anticompetitive

    A group of Division I athletes filed an antitrust lawsuit in Tennessee federal court challenging the NCAA's eligibility rules, alleging the rules operate as artificial caps on competition that constitute commercial restraint and result in suppressed economic opportunities for students.