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NCAA’s manual regarding 5for5 did not specifically exclude 2022 class

Posted on 9/3/26 at 7:40 pm
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
132280 posts
Posted on 9/3/26 at 7:40 pm


quote:

Filings in Louisiana and Kentucky are exposing the same major crack in the NCAA defense.

In Louisiana, the Texas Trial Group team in the Pyburn case revealed that the written age based eligibility rule in the 2026-27 NCAA manual has zero written exclusion for the freshman class of 2022.

In Kentucky, the RAP 20 appellate response argues the new 2026-27 NCAA manual, uncovered via Akron after being distributed only to institutions, does not exclude 2022 athletes.

The NCAA is fighting across multiple courtrooms to enforce an exclusion that is not in the text of its own manual.
Posted by JimTiger72
LA
Member since Jun 2023
20351 posts
Posted on 9/3/26 at 7:41 pm to
Wut
Posted by The Egg
Houston, TX
Member since Dec 2004
84032 posts
Posted on 9/3/26 at 7:41 pm to
Remember how Tom Mars tried to dunk on this Ryan Downton dude saying he was a fly by night lawyer living in a steakhouse or something
Posted by BeachTiger2018
Pinellas County FL
Member since Aug 2022
1490 posts
Posted on 9/3/26 at 7:44 pm to
quote:


Remember how Tom Mars tried to dunk on this Ryan Downton dude saying he was a fly by night lawyer living in a steakhouse or something


What an idiot. Who wouldnt want to live in a steakhouse?
Posted by Rainier Fog
Member since Jul 2025
1886 posts
Posted on 9/3/26 at 7:45 pm to
I'm with Furniss, he is smart

Eddy, is that you?
This post was edited on 9/3/26 at 7:47 pm
Posted by Shaun176
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2008
3195 posts
Posted on 9/3/26 at 7:49 pm to
His kid wants to play a 5th year for Ole Miss Baseball.
Posted by armytiger96
Member since Sep 2007
3146 posts
Posted on 9/3/26 at 7:55 pm to
Can't speak for the internal memo but the rules on the website clearly states it.

NCAA 5 for 5 Rule
Posted by DBG
vermont
Member since May 2004
80378 posts
Posted on 9/3/26 at 7:56 pm to
Eddy Furniss GOAT
Posted by Revelator
Member since Nov 2008
62529 posts
Posted on 9/3/26 at 8:02 pm to
And Sankey has no clue about any of this
Posted by duckblind56
South of Ellick
Member since Sep 2023
6035 posts
Posted on 9/3/26 at 8:10 pm to
quote:

And Sankey has no clue about any of this


Sankey was anointed the crown during the era of SEC peak dominance in ALL sports and is like a lifelong politician, he has no clue and feels he's untouchable.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
132280 posts
Posted on 9/3/26 at 8:18 pm to
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potentially significant new issue just emerged in the 5-for-5 litigation, straight from the NCAA’s current Division I Manual.

We obtained the 2026-27 Manual, date-stamped 9/3/26, and independently confirmed what Kentucky plaintiffs raised in court today.

Bylaw 12.6, “Five-Year Period of Eligibility,” says an athlete’s period of eligibility for practice and competition “shall be limited to five years.”

What 12.6 does not contain: an exclusion for the 2022 cohort, or language saying athletes who exhausted four seasons in 2025-26 are barred from that five-year model.

That matters because the NCAA describes Article 12 as part of its “operating bylaws”.

The NCAA does have separate transition language in Proposal 2026-44 that it will rely on. But that restriction is not written into Bylaw 12.6 itself.

The Kentucky plaintiffs have now put that issue directly in front of the Court of Appeals.

This could become a very important new fight over what the NCAA’s own eligibility rules actually say.
Posted by BugAC
St. George
Member since Oct 2007
58388 posts
Posted on 9/3/26 at 8:21 pm to
According to ESPN, Finebaum, Dellinger, and the rest of the media whores, this is a physical fight between SEC and Lane Kiffin. No players are during anyone, it’s just the big bully Layne beating up on poor old Sankey. So clearly, no other states or players have anything to do with this, right????
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