The already-chaotic world of transfer waiver decisions got yet another wrench thrown into it by a West Virginia judge in federal court.
In a hearing Wednesday, Judge John P. Bailey issued a 14-day temporary restraining order preventing the NCAA from enforcing its transfer rules, paving the way for a host of second-time transfers that had been originally forced to sit out a season to be eligible, at least in the interim.
The case, brought forward by seven state attorneys general, centered around the NCAA’s policy that gave transfers a one-time exception to sitting out but forced other athletes, like West Virginia men’s basketball player RaeQuan Battle, to spend a year in residence before competing. It came as something of a culmination of months of uncertainty surrounding the waiver process for those athletes, which produced several high-profile fights and forced several notable players in multiple sports to miss part or all of their seasons.
