Filip Borovicanin, MJ Collins file lawsuit against NCAA on age-based eligibility model
Student-athletes Filip Borovicanin and MJ Collins are challenging the NCAA in court over the organization's new age-based eligibility model.
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The brief
The legal action follows a wider shift in athletic policy that transition Division I athletes to a five-for-five eligibility structure, allowing five years to play five seasons. Coverage from On3 highlights the legal challenge, while reports from 247Sports, OregonLive, and AL.com focus on the broader impact of the rule change.
Future developments will depend on the progression of the litigation initiated by Borovicanin and Collins. It remains to be seen how the court will address the age-based model and how this may alter the application of the five-for-five rule across Division I sports.
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Quick answers
What is the new NCAA eligibility rule?
The new model allows Division I athletes five years to complete five seasons of play.
Who is suing the NCAA?
Filip Borovicanin and MJ Collins have filed a lawsuit against the NCAA.
Which athletes are affected?
Coverage indicates impacts on football and basketball players, including personnel at Ohio State, Alabama, Indiana, and UMD hockey.
Coverage (10)
- How could NCAA's proposed new eligibility model affect the Sooners? Yahoo Sports · 8h ago
- Ohio lawsuit alleges new NCAA rule unfairly denies high school Class of '22 athletes a 5th season AP News · 8h ago
- Division I adopts age-based eligibility model NCAA.org · 8h ago
- Ohio State football could get key players back Cleveland.com · 8h ago
- How the NCAA's age-based eligibility model impacts UMD hockey Duluth News Tribune · 8h ago
- 8 Alabama football, basketball players just got an extra year of eligibility thanks to major NCAA overhaul AL.com · 8h ago
- How the new five-for-five NCAA eligibility rule could impact Luke Fickell and Greg Gard 247Sports · 9h ago
- NCAA eligibility changes give Division I athletes 5 years to play 5 seasons OregonLive.com · 9h ago
- Indiana football: Which Hoosiers could benefit most from NCAA's 5-for-5 eligibility model? 247Sports · 9h ago
- Filip Borovicanin, MJ Collins file lawsuit against NCAA on age-based eligibility model On3 · 9h ago
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