May 23, 2025
In this week's Off The Bench, tennis players face pushback from the governing bodies they are accusing of antitrust violations, college basketball players claiming the NCAA exploited them want their class action revived, and a baseball player seeking one last year to play in college hits another legal roadblock.
May 21, 2025
A Tennessee federal judge on Wednesday refused to reconsider a University of Tennessee baseball player's request for an injunction that would pause the NCAA's eligibility restrictions on junior college transfers, saying he will have to wait for a Sixth Circuit decision in a similar antitrust lawsuit.
May 13, 2025
The NCAA has told a Tennessee federal court it should not reconsider overruling the organization's denial of a waiver that would have given a Division I baseball player another year of eligibility while the athlete pursues an antitrust lawsuit challenging its rules for junior college transfers.
March 04, 2025
A Tennessee federal judge will not grant a Division I baseball player another year of eligibility, ruling on Monday that the student-athlete failed to show how the NCAA's rules violate antitrust laws while acknowledging that the organization's actions are "questionable at best and self-interested at worst."
February 24, 2025
The NCAA came out firing against a college baseball player's attempt to play at the University of Tennessee, asserting that its rules governing athletes' eligibility are not reviewable under federal antitrust law despite a recent court decision calling that position into question.
February 20, 2025
A college baseball player said he is being "irreparably harmed" by a Tennessee federal judge's decision denying his early request to override NCAA eligibility rules so he can play for the University of Tennessee for the Spring 2025 season, arguing that if the ruling is not reversed, his "collegiate baseball career will be over."
February 14, 2025
A Tennessee federal judge has rejected an early request from a college baseball player to override NCAA eligibility rules so he can play for the University of Tennessee before the season starts on Friday.