BREAKING: District Judge Issues TRO Against the NCAA

Huge news for collegiate athletics.

Wednesday afternoon, District Judge John P. Bailey issued a Temporary Restraining Order against the NCAA for 14 days, preventing them from enforcing their current transfer rules. The hearing for permanent injunction is set for December 27th. The judge also ordered the restitution rule which prevents the NCAA from penalizing the player(s) and school(s) from playing second time transfers in this 14-day window.

West Virginia men's basketball guard RaeQuan Battle was among three student-athletes who testified in the TRO hearing against the NCAA, answering questions about his decision to transfer to West Virginia University, his NIL situation, and how not playing this season impacts his potential earnings.

Much of the questioning centered around Battle's NIL set up rather than his mental health ailment which had been noted as the reason why he left Montana State and chose WVU. The representation for the NCAA asked Battle if he leveraged his strong performance in last year's tournament into attracting bigger schools with more NIL opportunities. Battle stated that was not the case. They also asked why he would rather play this year since he's already missed nine games rather than playing a whole season next year. Battle responded by stating that he loves this team to death and he just wants to be out on the floor, regardless of how many games he's able to play in. He also noted that he wanted to build the program back up with Kerr Kriisa and Jesse Edwards and chose to stay at WVU despite being able to leave within the first thirty days of Bob Huggins' resignation.

Attorneys from Colorado, Illinois, North Carolina, New York, Ohio, Tennessee and West Virginia were involved in the multistate federal lawsuit.

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