A Hamilton County judge has issued a preliminary injunction preventing the NCAA from enforcing specific eligibility restrictions on a cohort of student-athletes.

漢米爾頓郡一名法官已發布初步禁制令，防止 NCAA 對一群學生運動員執行特定的資格限制。

The litigation originates from a challenge to the NCAA Division I Cabinet's recent transition to an age-based eligibility model. Under the revised regulations, athletes are permitted five seasons of competition within a five-year window commencing upon full-time enrollment or the academic year following their nineteenth birthday. This framework effectively precludes the utilization of redshirt years or waivers for injury, restricting extensions solely to military service, pregnancy, or religious missions. Consequently, athletes who graduated from secondary education in 2022 and entered collegiate athletics in the subsequent autumn—without redshirting—find themselves excluded from a fifth year of competition, despite such opportunities being extended to the high school class of 2023 and subsequent cohorts.

此訴訟源於對 NCAA 第一組別內閣近期轉型至以年齡為基準之資格模型的挑戰。在修訂後的法規下，運動員在全職就讀或十九歲生日後的學年開始起，五年窗口期內獲准參加五個賽季的比賽。此框架實際上排除了使用紅衫年（redshirt years）或受傷豁免的可能性，僅限於軍務、懷孕或宗教使命可申請延期。因此，於 2022 年高中畢業並在隨後秋季進入大學體育領域——且未申請紅衫年——的運動員，發現自己被排除在第五年比賽之外，儘管 2023 年畢業班及之後的批次仍享有此機會。

Legal counsel for the plaintiffs, representing twenty-four basketball players, asserts that the exclusion of the 2022 cohort constitutes a disparate impact, noting that these athletes competed against fifth- or sixth-year players without possessing reciprocal eligibility. Judge Christopher Wagner characterized the application of these rules as arbitrary and capricious, questioning the correlation between the current enforcement mechanism and the promotion of competition. Furthermore, the court addressed the NCAA's attempts to impose sanctions on member institutions that admit players not previously registered in the transfer portal, with the judiciary suggesting such measures may be an attempt to circumvent judicial review.

代表 24 名籃球員的原告法律顧問主張，排除 2022 年批次構成了差異性影響，並指出這些運動員在與第五或第六年球員對抗時，並不具備對等的資格。Christopher Wagner 法官將這些規則的應用定格為任意且反覆無常，並質疑目前的執行機制與促進競爭之間的關聯。此外，法院處理了 NCAA 企圖對接納未經轉會門戶（transfer portal）登記球員之成員院校施加制裁的嘗試，司法部門暗示此類措施可能是為了規避司法審查。

Institutional implications are evident at the University of Cincinnati and Xavier University, where the ruling facilitates the reintegration of specific players into their respective rosters. While the NCAA maintains that the 2022 cohort should have anticipated the conclusion of their eligibility by the 2025-26 academic year, the court has mandated that the affected athletes be permitted to enter the transfer portal without penalty. A conference is scheduled for August 4 to establish the parameters for a subsequent trial.

對院校的影響在辛辛那提大學與 Xavier 大學顯而易見，該裁決有助於特定球員重新回歸各自的名單。雖然 NCAA 主張 2022 年批次應預見其資格將於 2025-26 學年結束，但法院已強制要求允許受影響的運動員在無需承擔懲罰的情況下進入轉會門戶。法院計劃於 8 月 4 日舉行會議，以確定後續審判的參數。

The NCAA's new eligibility rules are currently suspended for the plaintiffs, pending further judicial proceedings.

NCAA 的新資格規則目前對原告暫停執行，有待進一步的司法程序。