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NCAA files lawsuit against Ohio governor after executive order on eligibility
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The NCAA on Friday filed a federal lawsuit against Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine after the governor signed an executive order this week aimed at allowing colleges and universities to ignore eligibility rules.
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DeWine signs executive order to restore eligibility for Ohio college athletes sidelined by NCAA rule
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NCAA files lawsuit against Ohio governor after executive order on eligibility
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's executive order defies the NCAA's eligibility rule, but Charlie Baker fired back that one governor cannot legislate NCAA rules.
Whether a college athlete gets a fifth season now depends on in which state they play and which judge heard their case. DeWine’s order raises the stakes by testing whether a governor can override both the NCAA and his own state’s appellate court.
DeWine signed the executive order Monday that gives Ohio’s public and private colleges and universities the option to allow all otherwise eligible student-athletes from the high school class of 2022 to compete, despite the new guidelines.
The NCAA sued the governor of Ohio on Friday, accusing him of trying to give college athletes in his state a “hall pass” to circumvent a rule that denies players who graduated high school in 2022 from a fifth year of eligibility.
The NCAA on Friday filed a federal lawsuit against Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine after the governor signed an executive order this week aimed at allowing colleges and universities to ignore eligibility rules.
The lawsuit, which reportedly marks the first time the NCAA has taken a sitting governor to court, is the latest clash in a legal fight over new fifth-year player eligibility rules.
The NCAA says the Ohio governor’s order expanding college athlete eligibility illegally overrides the association’s rules and authority over college sports.
NCAA President Charlie Baker called the lawsuit, filed in federal court in Ohio, an “extraordinary step” designed to prevent Gov. Mike DeWine from making it “impossible for all schools to compete on a level playing field.”
