(The Center Square) – Tennessee received a preliminary injunction on Friday against the NCAA enforcing its name, image and likeness rules.
The ruling blocks the NCAA from enforcing its interim NIL rules or any NIL restrictions until the full case is heard and a ruling rendered. U.S. District Judge Clifton L. Corker also restricted the NCAA from enforcing its rules of restitution related to NIL activities until a final ruling.
Corker wrote that Tennessee had shown that NIL rules likely restrict competition for athletes and hurt their earning power and it “suppresses price competition by limiting negotiating leverage and, as a result, knowledge of value.” “The court’s grant of a preliminary injunction against the NCAA’s illegal NIL-recruitment ban ensures the rights of student-athletes will be protected for the duration of this case, but the bigger fight continues,” Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti said in a statement. “We
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