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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Dec 27, 2024

The NCAA admitted defeat — for now — in Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia’s bid for additional eligibility. In response to an injunction handed down last week, the NCAA agreed to a waiver that grants an additional year or more of competition to all student-athletes who, like Pavia, previously spent time at a junior college and otherwise would have exhausted their NCAA eligibility this academic year. The Tennessean also reports that the NCAA submitted an appeal to the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals seeking to overturn the injunction from U.S. District Judge William L. Campbell. In that ruling, Campbell found that counting time spent at junior college against collegiate eligibility likely violates U.S. antitrust laws. The Associated Press has more on that decision.