Ohio Lawsuit Alleges New NCAA Rule Unfairly Denies High School Class of ‘22 Athletes a 5th Season

Players sue over eligibility cap rule

A day after the NCAA approved a new five-year eligibility model for Division I athletics, 15 men's and women's basketball players sued the NCAA in Hamilton County, Ohio, on Wednesday after they were excluded from being grandfathered into the model.

Ohio lawsuit alleges new NCAA rule unfairly denies high school Class of ‘22 athletes a 5th season

Less than 24 hours after the NCAA Division I Cabinet approved a monumental change in eligibility rules, a group of 15 college basketball players filed a lawsuit in an Ohio state court claiming the new age-based model unfairly shuts them out of further competition. The NCAA will now allow athletes five seasons of competition over a five-year period that begins with their full-time enrollment or the academic year following their 19th birthday, whi…