Judge keeps NCAA’s restrictions on NIL in place for now, denying request by Tennessee and Virginia

A judge on Tuesday kept in place for now the NCAA’s rules prohibiting name, image and likeness compensation from being used as a recruiting inducement, denying a request for a temporary restraining order by the states of Tennessee and Virginia.

The states asked for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction, saying immediate action was needed to keep the NCAA from standing in the way of recruits monetizing their fame.

U.S. District Judge Clifton Corker wrote that the states have failed to demonstrate that recruits would be irreparably harmed if the temporary restraining order was not granted.

The Tennessee case is one of at least six antitrust lawsuits the NCAA is defending as it struggles to maintain control and waits for help from Congress in the form of a federal law with some antitrust protections.