FEBRUARY 6, 2026
composed by STEVE ULRICH
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1. Standing On The Brink of Anything-Goes NCAA Eligibility
“For a team to succeed in college athletics, you need a quality coach, top-of-the-line facilities and, at least these days, a new asset: a five-star local judge.
On Friday alone, judges will decide if Alabama basketball can continue playing a 7-footer who spent 2½ seasons, including games last month, in the G League and whether Tennessee football next season will have a 25-year-old quarterback who first enrolled in junior college back in 2019.
The rulings, from courthouses in Tuscaloosa and Knoxville, respectively, are likely to be a "yes," in part because the NCAA has allowed plenty of inconsistencies in eligibility rulings that allowed precedents to be set.”
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