Ohio and six other states sue the NCAA over transfer rules

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and six other states’ attorneys general sued the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) over one of its transfer eligibility directives.

The antitrust lawsuit filed Thursday targets a bylaw that bars some NCAA Division 1 student athletes, who transfer from one school to another, from participating on the field or court for an entire year.
Since 2021, first-time transfers haven’t fallen under that directive, and the NCAA will waive the rule for some subsequent transfers, according to Yost. But in a media release, Yost said the NCAA will also “deny waivers for no legitimate reason.”

“As you look at who gets waivers and who doesn’t get waivers, the decisions seem to be all over the board, seem to be arbitrary,” he said during a virtual media conference. “This just speaks to the collusive and anti-competitive nature of the NCAA’s decision making.”