SEC commissioner Greg Sankey and five other major conference leaders have urged a Louisville judge to reject an extra year of eligibility for class of 2022 athletes in the active case.
One of the athletes in the case is potential Missouri transfer Mark Mitchell, who could very well end up at Kentucky if he lands another season of eligibility.
According to a report by WDRB:
The commissioners of the ACC, SEC, Big Ten, Big 12, Big East and Pac-12 joined the NCAA’s argument that allowing athletes who already exhausted four seasons of eligibility to return would create “significant roster instability” across college sports.
Their joint declaration was among documents filed Tuesday in Jefferson Circuit Court, where Judge Brian Edwards is considering a request from 13 athletes seeking another season of NCAA eligibility.
The filing puts some of the most powerful voices in college sports behind an argument attorney Charles Stopher made on the NCAA’s behalf at Friday’s hearing: Giving something to one group of athletes could mean taking something from another.
