MORGANTOWN -- Even after a 14-day temporary restraining order (TRO) placed by a federal judge against the NCAA in enforcing its transfer rules, there is no clear-cut evidence that WVU will play senior guard RaeQuan Battle on Saturday against UMass. After taking a hit in a Wheeling federal ...
MORGANTOWN — WVU men’s basketball guard RaeQuan Battle won a major decision Wednesday against the NCAA in his fight for college eligibility this season. It also may be the beginning of a shock wave throughout the NCAA in how the organization governs transfer rules in the future for all ...
by Michael Hiltzik There can be few American public institutions more widely detested than the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The NCAA spent decades promoting the ideal of the amateur “student-athlete,” barring football and basketball players from compensation while ...
MORGANTOWN — It is an unfortunate situation RaeQuan Battle finds himself in today, as the WVU guard is just a little more than 24 hours in dealing with being told by the NCAA he will not be eligible to play college basketball this season. WVU is appealing that decision to the NCAA ...
Sen. Joe Manchin recently introduced the Protecting Athletes, Schools, and Sports (PASS) Act of 2023 with the help of Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) to standardize name, image and likeness (NIL) deals and establish certain protections for athletes. For as much party-line grandstanding as ...
In Tuesday’s e-edition, The Dominion Post’s Sports section featured an article about WVU’s new Academic Incentive Program. But first, let’s rewind to June 2021. Last year, the case NCAA v. Alston went all the way to the Supreme Court. In it, former WVU player Shawne Alston and ...