Five Indiana athletes are back in limbo after a hearing Monday in Monroe Circuit Court ended without a decision on a requested preliminary injunction.
For now, the temporary restraining order that had kept the group eligible has expired. Unless Judge Kara E. Krothe grants an injunction - or extends the order - the athletes remain ineligible.
The court record says both sides have until Thursday to file proposed findings. Krothe will then weigh the arguments and issue a ruling, though there is no deadline for when that decision has to come down.
The timing matters immediately for Indiana football. If Krothe sides with the NCAA, or if there is no ruling by Saturday, defensive linemen Stephen Daley and Kellan Wyatt will not be available for the Hoosiers’ Week 3 game against Western Kentucky University.
Indiana volleyball also has a fast-approaching date with Coastal Carolina University on Friday, which leaves opposite hitter Avry Tatum’s status unsettled. Swimmers Owen McDonald and Zalán Sárkány are part of the case as well, though Indiana swim and dive does not start until October.
Monday’s hearing also brought a major change to the case itself. Krothe approved an amended filing that added 89 athletes from multiple states, including Indiana men’s basketball forward Sam Alexis.
Alexis had previously been cleared through an injunction in Tennessee tied to the Washington v. NCAA case.
That ruling was paused Aug. 26, which made him ineligible again. By joining the Bloomington case, he now has a path to regain eligibility if Krothe rules in favor of the athletes.
Daley and Wyatt followed a similar path. They were first made eligible under the broad Colorado ruling in Wisne v.
NCAA, but once that injunction was stayed, they filed in Bloomington on Sept. 4.
Later that day, they received the temporary restraining order that allowed them to play in the season opener against the University of North Texas.
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