Commissioner Greg Sankey wants everyone in the to move carefully when adding players suddenly allowed by court rulings to seek a fifth year of eligibility.
Sankey sent a memo to league members on the landscape created by court filings and rulings being 鈥渉ighly dynamic,鈥� a person familiar with the memo told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Wednesday because of the volume of
The memo, sent Tuesday, was first reported by .
Sankey reminded SEC members that they should operate under existing NCAA rules, interpretations and applicable league rules until advised otherwise. He told them each school’s compliance office should work with SEC staff before making any commitments on a player’s eligibility.
鈥淩ecent court rulings should not be interpreted as creating broader eligibility relief beyond the scope of the applicable orders,鈥� Sankey wrote.
鈥淚n addition, SEC eligibility rules, including those relating to intraconference transfers, remain in effect until fully or individually waived, or the rule is changed.鈥�
The NCAA is appealing a from a Colorado judge giving student-athletes who graduated from high school in 2022 a fifth season of eligibility for the upcoming year.
Tennessee announced forward Jalen Washington’s . The former Vanderbilt player was the along with 18 given a temporary injunction to retain their eligibility on July 31 鈥� hours before the federal judge issued the injunction in Colorado.
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