NCAA wins Tenth Circuit 'stay', but faces more eligibility lawsuits from 2022 class athletes in chaotic time

The chaotic off-season in college football has continued to play out in court rooms across the country, as athletes are suing the NCAA on a daily basis pertaining to their eligibility as part of the 2022 class.

When the NCAA released a statement last week harping on its decision to not grant a blanket-waiver to members of the 2022 class that were left out of conversation regarding the new 'five-for-five' eligibility guidelines, the floodgates were opened for athletes who felt as though they were being kicked to the curb.

NFL To NCAA? Courtroom Chaos Is Giving Pro Athletes A Bizarre Path Back To College, And It's Only Just Begun On Friday morning, the Tenth Circuit court granted the NCAA its motion for a 'stay', which puts a pause on athletes using the blanket waiver granted by Judge Sweeney to athletes from the 2022 class that had a year of eligibility left.

Although this puts a little bit of the chaos on hold, there will now be a further influx of lawsuits filed in state court, who have been presenting different arguments in their filings.

NCAA IGNORED THE WARNINGS.

NOW IT'S FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL IN COURTROOMS ACROSS AMERICA OVER ELIGIBILITY While the NCAA should see this as a win, the cases against them will only increase from here, now that we have witnessed plaintiffs winning more often at the lower levels.

Those same athletes who were being denied an extra season of competition, based on the NCAA's decision to exclude them, began filing lawsuits in courtrooms from California to South Carolina, arguing they should receive the same benefits as those covered under the new eligibility structure.

NCAA ROCKED BY COLORADO JUDGE'S 2022 CLASS ELIGIBILITY RULING THAT COULD RESHAPE COLLEGE SPORTS THIS YEAR And from what we've seen from injunctions and temporary restraining orders being granted on what has felt like a daily basis, a very large number of judges are in agreement with the athletes who have decided to fight the NCAA in a court of law.

One of the latest wrinkles came on Wednesday, when the 19th District Court of Louisiana granted a TRO to a plethora of athletes who filed the same lawsuit that judges in other states have been ruling on over the past two months.

In the ruling, it allows for plaintiffs to return to college from the NFL, if they do so before a Sept.

1 deadline.

But, in this case, only the athletes who were part of the lawsuit can take advantage of a seven-day transfer portal window ordered by the court.

Yes, there are players who are currently in NFL camps that were part of this lawsuit, and technically have the court’s blessing to return for another season of college football.

No, you aren’t going crazy, this is actually taking place.