NCAA to appeal ruling on four West Virginia players

The NCAA has appealed the decision granting temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions to four West Virginia football players.

The news was first reported by Sam Ehrlich.

The NCAA will appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Four redshirt seniors in defensive end Jimmori Robinson, running back Tye Edwards, safety Justin Harrington, and wide receiver Jeffrey Weimer took their eligibility case to court in the Northern District Court of West Virginia where they received the ruling from U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey.

Each of the four players had been denied an eligibility waiver by the NCAA with Robinson’s coming Feb. 27, Harrington’s June 5, Edwards’s June 18, and Weimer’s August 8. That led to the players filing a suit in order to extend their eligibility after each had spent time at the junior college level.

“The NCAA will be ENJOINED from enforcing the five-year rule as it applies to Jimmori Robinson, Jeffrey Weimer, Tye Edwards and Justin Harrington. The NCAA is ORDERED to immediately grant West Virginia University and/or Jimmori Robinson, Jeffrey Weimer, Tye Edwards waivers of any NCAA eligibility rule that would preclude them from engaging in intercollegiate competition in the 2025-26 season based on their time spent at a junior college. The NCAA is also ORDERED to declare Jimmori Robinson, Jeffrey Weimer, Tye Edwards and Justin Harrington eligible to play for West Virginia University during the 2025-26 season. No security will be required. Finally, the NCAA is ENJOINED from enforcing its Rule of Restitution against Jimmori Robinson, Jeffrey Weimer, Tye Edwards, Justin Harrington and/or for complying with, and relying on, this Order. ” the conclusion read.

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