Indiana’s Stephen Daley and Kellan Wyatt, along with basketball’s Sam Alexis, are still in the clear for now.
A Monday ruling in an Indiana court kept Daley, Wyatt, Alexis and dozens of other class of 2022 athletes eligible after Judge Kara Krothe denied the NCAA’s request for an emergency stay of a preliminary injunction issued in Monroe County Court. Krothe concluded the NCAA is not likely to win on appeal and said the organization had not shown it would suffer irreparable harm if the injunction remains in place.
The case centers on the NCAA’s new five-year eligibility rule and its decision not to include class of 2022 athletes. Daley, Wyatt, Alexis and the other plaintiffs sued over that exclusion and were initially granted a preliminary injunction allowing them to compete during the 2026-27 athletic year until the case is heard.
Roster spots were at the heart of the NCAA’s argument against the injunction. The organization has said letting class of 2022 athletes play a fifth season would take opportunities from other players. Krothe pushed back on that point, saying the NCAA has already created a similar roster issue for 2027-28 under its own rule.
“The NCAA’s argument also ignores the roster crunch it created for the 2027-28 academic year by granting all athletes currently in school (other than those who redshirted) another season of competition,” Krothe wrote in her ruling.
The NCAA has appealed the injunction and filed an emergency motion to stay it with the appellate court. If that stay is granted, Daley, Wyatt and Alexis would be deemed ineligible until the appeal is heard. The student-athletes have until Oct. 8 to respond to the motion.
There’s no timetable yet for a decision from the appeals court.
Indiana football is back Saturday at Noon ET at Nebraska.
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