NEWS: Kentucky's Court of Appeals has dissolved their injunction protecting the state's 5-in-5 case, per @KYHSHistory This means notable players such as Mark Mitchell, Seth Trimble, Skyy Clark, Fred King, Colin Porter and others are now currently ineligible to play

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Sources: The Big Ten rule banning NFL players from playing at Big Ten schools has been unanimously approved by Big 10 ADs and there’s a Big 10 FAR vote in process to formally establish the conference rule.

Sources: The Big Ten is set to pass a rule today that doesn’t allow players to return from the NFL and play for a Big Ten school. Anyone who has declared for the NFL Draft and did not withdraw, appeared on an NFL roster or signed a contract with a pro league cannot be on a Big Ten roster.

BREAKING: The Tenth Circuit has GRANTED the NCAA’s stay request in Wisne v. NCAA. Judge Sweeney’s nationwide injunction is now stayed pending appeal, meaning qualifying Class of 2022 athletes lose its federal fifth-season protection for now.

Judge Sweeney’s clarification should give compliance offices much more confidence to sign qualifying 5-for-5 players. If a player entered the portal on time, fits the five-year clock and has a roster spot, schools now have a much clearer path forward. The biggest remaining risk is an emergency stay.

As expected, the NCAA has filed an emergency motion with Judge Sweeney seeking to clarify the injunction she issued yesterday. As their letter this morning indicated, they want the court to make sure the court is not enjoining any terms of the House Settlement.

NCAA memo: “To be clear, one federal court cannot enjoin a settlement approved and entered by another court. The House injunction remains in effect according to its plain terms.”

BREAKING: Judge Charlotte Sweeney of the U.S. District Court of Colorado has granted a class-wide preliminary injunction that requires the NCAA to declare eligible *all* HS class of 2022 athletes who exhausted four seasons of eligibility this spring.

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UNC’s football team is being investigated by the College Sports Commission, the entity that handles compliance and enforcement of NCAA and NIL rules, per @PabloTorre. This comes on the heels of the program’s football GM, Mike Lombardi, being placed on paid administrative leave by the university on Monday morning, following a human resources complaint filed by a former football front-office employee.

Statement from the DI Board of Directors about age-based eligibility rules: “We are encouraged by the Division I membership's broad support of the age-based eligibility rules. The design of the new rules, including its implementation strategy, was thoughtful and well informed, and was unanimously supported by the Cabinet, including its student-athlete members. The Board has no plans to modify their application, notwithstanding a series of lawsuits recently filed on behalf of student-athletes with no remaining eligibility. We look forward to ensuring that the age-based eligibility rules are enforced consistently so that all institutions play by the same rules, like all participants in sports.”

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