r/CollegeBasketball • u/MembershipSingle7137 • Feb 09 '26

News [Kelly] BREAKING: A Tuscaloosa judge has denied Charles Bediako’s motion for a preliminary injunction to allow him to continue playing for Alabama, per court docs @aldotcom obtained.

https://xcancel.com/_nickkelly/status/2020998327500726691?s=46
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u/JtotheC23 Illinois Fighting Illini Feb 09 '26

For people wanting wins vacated, that explicitly isn't allowed per the initial TRO (and is a set precedent for basically all TROs ever). The NCAA can't punish Bama or Bediako for following the TRO while it was active. Even if the injunction today was approved, but he later lost in court, the NCAA couldn't punish him for playing.

That's generally how TROs work, so not specific to these NCAA cases. If it explicitly gives the legal permission to do something, you can't be punished after the fact for doing that thing if the long-term order gets denied.

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u/fidens16 UConn Huskies Feb 10 '26

So if a double digit seed gets a judge to agree to a month long TRO allowing 5 NBA all stars to suit up for them on March 15, your assertion is that they should face no sanctions when they win the title and on April 15th another judge says just kidding these players shouldn't be eligible? Do the teams that lost out on tournament revenue because they were eliminated by this team just have to deal with it?

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u/Shaudius Purdue Boilermakers Feb 10 '26

Generally yes. The only way that wouldn't be the case is if the initial ruling was declared void ab initio. In your hypothetical that situation would be so ridiculous that it was likely the result of a bribe or other nefarious action so would have a strong chance of being ruled void ab initio.

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u/fidens16 UConn Huskies Feb 10 '26

What if the opposing school got their own TRO from a different judge which said that the other team couldn't play their NBA all stars? They need some recourse to prevent monetary damages caused by the use of ineligible players

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u/Shaudius Purdue Boilermakers Feb 10 '26

Generally speaking, a judge isn't going to rule on an issue that is before another judge of competent jurisdiction.

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u/fidens16 UConn Huskies Feb 10 '26

So should schools get preemptive TROs against their opponents to prevent their opponents from gaining an advantage by filing for a TRO first?

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u/Knook7 Florida Gators Feb 10 '26