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1. College Athletes Suing NCAA to Extend Eligibility to 5 Seasons

by Dan Murphy, ESPN

“A pair of Vanderbilt football players are among 10 athletes suing the NCAA in an effort to force the association to allow college athletes to compete for five seasons rather than four.

Linebacker Langston Patterson and defensive lineman Issa Ouattara filed a class action lawsuit in federal court Tuesday, which claims that the NCAA's eligibility rules violate antitrust law. The NCAA's current rules allow athletes to compete for four seasons during a five-year timespan that begins when they enroll in college.

Attorney Ryan Downton said in a news release that the players were not aiming to completely remove any eligibility restrictions but believe they should be able to compete in games for all five years that they are allowed to be on the team.”

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