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Charles Bediako gets TRO for Alabama return in NCAA lawsuit
Posted on 1/21/26 at 11:46 am
Posted on 1/21/26 at 11:46 am
ESPN article
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Former Alabama standout Charles Bediako, who entered the 2023 NBA draft and signed a two-way contract with the San Antonio Spurs that year, has been granted a temporary restraining order to return to the team and college basketball immediately, a judge ruled Wednesday.
Bediako, who went undrafted and never appeared in an NBA game after he played on two NCAA tournament teams at Alabama in 2021-22 and 2022-23, had sued the NCAA a day earlier after it denied the school's appeal to allow him to return to college basketball.
The judge's monumental ruling came hours after NCAA president Charlie Baker reiterated that Bediako and other players who've signed NBA contracts would not be granted eligibility to play college basketball.
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Posted on 1/21/26 at 11:50 am to bigDgator
Bama cheating …again!
Posted on 1/21/26 at 11:52 am to bigDgator
shite show.
Posted on 1/21/26 at 11:59 am to bigDgator
Posted on 1/21/26 at 12:00 pm to bigDgator
Does declaring for the draft, leaving your school, getting drafted not void your eligibility?
Posted on 1/21/26 at 12:00 pm to bigDgator
If Bediako knew the things Oats said about him when he declared, he’d be suing to play for Tennessee or Auburn.
Posted on 1/21/26 at 12:04 pm to idlewatcher
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Does declaring for the draft, leaving your school, getting drafted not void your eligibility?
Not anymore
Posted on 1/21/26 at 12:06 pm to idlewatcher
quote:NCAA already established that none of those individually voids eligibility with the Baylor G Leaguer they approved. So why would it matter in combination?
Does declaring for the draft, leaving your school, getting drafted not void your eligibility?
Posted on 1/21/26 at 12:13 pm to TideCPA
Amateur sports. NCAA needs to disband or change its name
Posted on 1/21/26 at 12:14 pm to TideCPA
quote:I think signing a two way contract with a NBA team is what will be the difference. I’m sure that Tuscaloosa County Circuit Court judge will have no bias here lol
NCAA already established that none of those individually voids eligibility with the Baylor G Leaguer they approved. So why would it matter in combination?
This post was edited on 1/21/26 at 12:16 pm
Posted on 1/21/26 at 12:18 pm to bigDgator
What’s the point of even having an entity called the NCAA when these players can just go shop for a judge and overrule anything they want?
Posted on 1/21/26 at 12:19 pm to idlewatcher
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getting drafted not void your eligibility?
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Bediako, who went undrafted and never appeared in an NBA game
Posted on 1/21/26 at 12:20 pm to idlewatcher
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Does declaring for the draft, leaving your school, getting drafted not void your eligibility?
Posted on 1/21/26 at 12:27 pm to au4you
quote:Why? What is so magical about a two-way contract with a team in the top US league that it would completely disqualify someone from ever making more money to play D1 ball vs. a contract for a club in Europe’s top leagues?
I think signing a two way contract with a NBA team is what will be the difference.
Posted on 1/21/26 at 12:31 pm to idlewatcher
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getting drafted not void your eligibility?
Bediako was not drafted. Interesting loophole.
Posted on 1/21/26 at 12:32 pm to bigDgator
In
Posted on 1/21/26 at 12:37 pm to bigDgator
Anything to try to beat Florida
Posted on 1/21/26 at 12:39 pm to TideCPA
quote:Because he was under contract with a NBA team? Whether he got minutes or not would not matter. He was contractually obligated to play and received compensation for it. So, he was a NBA player. If you allow that, you potentially allow any NBA player with eligibility to return to college.
Why? What is so magical about a two-way contract with a team in the top US league that it would completely disqualify someone from ever making more money to play D1 ball vs. a contract for a club in Europe’s top leagues?
Posted on 1/21/26 at 12:39 pm to TideCPA
The top Euro leagues pay less than the G league. If you want to say playing in Russia or Spain is equivalent to the NBA, you don’t know basketball. Not even the pay is close, or the talent. Only 2 guys a year might get drafted.
This post was edited on 1/21/26 at 12:41 pm
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