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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
John Raby

NCAA says a redshirt eligibility rule still applies, fears free agency if it loses transfer suit

ASSOCIATED PRESS

College basketball programs with multiple-transfer athletes are pondering whether to let them play after a federal judge gave them a small window to compete as part of a ruling in a lawsuit that the NCAA suggests would open college athletics to free agency.

U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey in West Virginia issued a temporary restraining order against the NCAA on Wednesday. The ruling said athletes who previously were denied the chance to play immediately after transferring a second time can compete in games for 14 days.

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