00:0015 men's and women's basketball players filed a lawsuit against the NCAA in Hamilton County, Ohio on Wednesday
00:07after being excluded from being grandfathered into a new eligibility model.
00:12The legal action came just one day after the NCAA approved a new five-year eligibility system for Division I
00:19athletics.
00:20The new system eliminates red shirts and waivers, with limited exceptions reserved only for military service, pregnancy, and religious missions.
00:30The model gives all athletes five years of eligibility starting either when they turn 19 or when they arrive on
00:36campus.
00:37The NCAA decided the new rule will not apply to athletes who used their fourth and final year of eligibility
00:44in the 2025-26 academic season,
00:48despite applying to other currently enrolled students.
00:51All 15 plaintiffs graduated high school in 2022 and used their entire eligibility over the last four seasons under the
00:59outgoing system without a red shirt.
01:01The plaintiffs include Xavier's Philip Borovacanon and Cincinnati's M.J. Collins, who completed their four-year cycles under the previous
01:09framework.
01:10The athletes are seeking a preliminary injunction to be deemed eligible for the 2026-27 season, claiming a misapplication of
01:18the rules under the new system.
01:20The complaint states the NCAA unfairly limits the number of games plaintiffs can play and unjustifiably restrains their ability to
01:29earn money through name, image, and likeness, NIL, opportunities.
01:34Attorneys Ryan Downton and Darren Heitner filed the lawsuit and expect multiple legal challenges across the country,
01:42noting they have assembled a group of more than 50 basketball players ready to file in multiple states.
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