NCAA Sues Ohio Governor Over Athlete Eligibility Order
The NCAA has filed a lawsuit against the governor of Ohio, challenging an executive order that allows Ohio schools to ignore a new NCAA rule affecting the fifth-year eligibility of athletes who graduated high school in 2022.
Springfield Holyoke, MA, October 16, 2026 —
The NCAA has filed a lawsuit against the governor of Ohio, challenging an executive order that allows Ohio schools to disregard a new NCAA rule affecting athletes who graduated from high school in 2022 and seek a fifth year of eligibility.
The dispute centers on a conflict between the NCAA rule and the state executive order. The order permits Ohio schools to ignore the rule, according to the available summary. The lawsuit challenges that order, though the specific legal grounds cited by the NCAA were not provided.
The summary does not identify the governor by name, say when the lawsuit was filed, or specify which court is handling it. It also does not describe the rule’s requirements, explain how the rule changes eligibility for the affected athletes, or say how many athletes or schools may be affected.
No response from the governor or Ohio schools was included in the information provided. The summary also does not state whether a court has acted on the lawsuit or what outcome the NCAA is seeking. Those details are not available, so the immediate legal and practical effects of the challenge remain unclear.
For now, the reported issue is whether Ohio schools may follow the executive order rather than the NCAA rule for the group of athletes identified in the summary. Further details about the case, the order and the eligibility policy were not provided.
Story summarized from the original created by EDDIE PELLS, Associated Press on www.wwlp.com, see more information here.
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