States file lawsuits against NCAA over transfer eligibility rule – One America News Network
March 16, 2017 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
OAN’s Cameron Breckenridge
4:26 PM – Friday,
December 8, 2023
Several states are suing the NCAA over the organization’s limits on college athlete transfers.
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On Thursday, a group of seven state attorneys general announced they filed a lawsuit claiming that the transfer
eligibility rule is “an illegal restraint on college athletes.”
The NCAA exempted first-time transfers from the rule back in 2021.
However, attorneys allege that denying other athletes the ability to transfer without having to wait a year to
play strips them of the opportunity to optimize their own welfare.
“This is an antitrust parlance, a no-poach agreement among horizontal competitors, and a clear violation of
the Sherman Antitrust Act,” Dave Yost, the Ohio Attorney General said.
State attorneys are also seeking a preliminary injunction against the association to stop it from enforcing the
transfer rule.
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