The attorneys general of Tennessee and Virginia filed a lawsuit against the NCAA on Wednesday, a day after the University of Tennessee's chancellor ripped the association for investigating the school for potential recruiting violations related to name, image and likeness compensation rules. The lawsuit filed in the Eastern District of Tennessee claims the NCAA is “enforcing rules that unfairly restrict how athletes can commercially use their name, image and likeness at a critical juncture in the recruiting calendar." The NCAA already is being challenged in court by a group of state attorneys general challenging the association's transfer rules, plus it is the defendant in antitrust suits targeting employment status for athletes and billions in television revenue that schools and conferences make off big-time college sports.
One of two West Virginia players affected by the legal battle over the NCAA's transfer rules was in uniform Saturday following this week's court order allowing him to play
NC State basketball player Kam Woods, who has been sitting out since transferring from N.C. A&T, is eligible to play the rest of the season for the Wolfpack after Friday’s agreement.
The case has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia in conjunction with attorneys general from Ohio, West Virginia, Colorado, Illinois, Tennessee and New York.
ISLAMABAD: As many as 48 senior bureaucrats from various services cadres are awaiting postings by the Establishment Division. Some of them have been Officers on Special Duties for more than a year.