Tom House & Charles Johnston

[GOAT]

I spoke with one of the two involved players at the football game and he is very encouraged, He said things are going well.

What does going well really mean? I feel for these guys. They or their attorneys have absolutely no control over what is happening. I still lay 100% of the blame for this mess on the NCAA.

I blame it on the courts(judges) they strike down anything the ncaa tries to do.

My point is the NCAA started this mess by leaving out a group of players from the 5 in 5 rule. All the NCAA had to do was to include those players in the rule change and none of this would be happening. The NCAA owns this debacle, not the courts.

lol any rules change needs a cutoff, what the NCAA did was completely normal. They didn't break any real laws.

lol. They might not have broken any laws, but they certainly didn’t use common sense and they didn’t do the right thing for those players, for new players coming in, and for the teams involved. There was no reason to exclude the players from 2022. The NCAA appeals are going to run out and they will continue to payout millions only to lose.

Except their eligibility was used up based on the rules that existed when they started school and the rules that existed when their eligibility ended. Why are they the only class that gets to come back and play a fifth year after their eligibility is exhausted? Why not the class before them?

[FU Hoopla]

I spoke with one of the two involved players at the football game and he is very encouraged, He said things are going well.

What does going well really mean? I feel for these guys. They or their attorneys have absolutely no control over what is happening. I still lay 100% of the blame for this mess on the NCAA.

I blame it on the courts(judges) they strike down anything the ncaa tries to do.

My point is the NCAA started this mess by leaving out a group of players from the 5 in 5 rule. All the NCAA had to do was to include those players in the rule change and none of this would be happening. The NCAA owns this debacle, not the courts.

lol any rules change needs a cutoff, what the NCAA did was completely normal. They didn't break any real laws.

lol. They might not have broken any laws, but they certainly didn’t use common sense and they didn’t do the right thing for those players, for new players coming in, and for the teams involved. There was no reason to exclude the players from 2022. The NCAA appeals are going to run out and they will continue to payout millions only to lose.

Except their eligibility was used up based on the rules that existed when they started school and the rules that existed when their eligibility ended. Why are they the only class that gets to come back and play a fifth year after their eligibility is exhausted? Why not the class before them?

Well basically the simple answer to that is the class before them would be 6 years removed from HS, that alone breaks the new rule.......
The class of 2022 is 5 years removed for HS so technically they are still within what the new window will be for all other current players.......... That's one reason why their lawsuit is getting traction with judges..............

[Roundball]

Another excellent piece in The Athletic. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/759524 ... l-share-ta

“College classes have started. These basketball teams still don’t know who will play for them.”

Pitino quote from the article. “One of the problems is the NCAA is spending billions of dollars on lawyers, and 50 percent of it could have gone away if they would have just enacted the five-year rule in November,” Pitino said. “Why they did what they did is insanity. I mean, if they just wait until November (once) football and basketball has already started, nobody would even consider fifth years coming back.”

[Paladin91]

Just amazing that the NCAA is spending crazy money on lawyers to prevent this class from having 5 years. I guess they're all in now. Just odd that come November, some players may continue being eligible and others not. My understanding is Charles Johnston continues to be eligible, but House is not. When will Furman list Johnston on the roster?

[FU Hoopla]

Just amazing that the NCAA is spending crazy money on lawyers to prevent this class from having 5 years. I guess they're all in now. Just odd that come November, some players may continue being eligible and others not. My understanding is Charles Johnston continues to be eligible, but House is not. When will Furman list Johnston on the roster?

House could easily just jump on another States lawsuit, he may already have.........

[Paladin91]

Just amazing that the NCAA is spending crazy money on lawyers to prevent this class from having 5 years. I guess they're all in now. Just odd that come November, some players may continue being eligible and others not. My understanding is Charles Johnston continues to be eligible, but House is not. When will Furman list Johnston on the roster?

House could easily just jump on another States lawsuit, he may already have.........

Yes, we may see more of this. Sam Alexis (former UTC, now at Indiana) withdrew from the TN case and is now on the Indiana case.

[Sad Din]

hope they both come back but if one of two come back Dins will be in great shape

[Paladin91]

[Paladin91]

Ohio Appeals case today.

[Paladin91]

[FU Hoopla]

That's the best the NCAA has to offer against this??

Seems like the NCAA has no case, just out here throwing darts at the board and wasting money on an unequipped lawyer lol.............................

[Sad Din]

IMHO its gonna be approved. NCAA / SEC is not gonna let LSU not have a team this year

[Paladin91]

A win for players in Indiana case:

[Paladin91]

[FU Hoopla]

What AI believes will happen in the Ohio ruling:

Based on oral arguments heard on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, the First District Court of Appeals in Ohio appears likely to uphold the preliminary injunction against the NCAA, maintaining a fifth year of eligibility for the student-athlete plaintiffs. [1]
## Case Outlook & Arguments

* Judicial Skepticism Toward the NCAA: According to a report published by [Bloomberg Law](https://news.bloomberglaw.com/antitrust ... ourt-judge) on September 22, 2026, Appeals Court Judge [Terry Nestor](https://www.google.com/search?q=terry+n ... 11pxycpmbx) appeared highly unpersuaded by the NCAA’s arguments to overturn the lower court's injunction. Judge Nestor actively questioned the NCAA's counsel regarding the fairness of the new rules and why they explicitly shut out the high school graduating class of 2022.
* The Core Legal Dispute: The case centers on the NCAA’s newly adopted age-based eligibility framework, which allows student-athletes to play five seasons in a five-year window. However, the transition rules excluded the high school graduating class of 2022, whose traditional four-year eligibility expired in the spring. The players argue this exclusion is arbitrary, capricious, and violates contractual rights under Ohio law.
* Status of the Injunction: If the appellate panel rules in alignment with Judge Nestor's line of questioning, the preliminary injunction originally issued by Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Christopher Wagner will remain intact, keeping the doors open for the affected players to compete during the 2026–27 season.