Owen Heinecke Case

George Stoia III
@GeorgeStoia

This could be important for Thursday’s hearing because when the NCAA denied Heinecke’s petition, it stated that he didn’t provide evidence of past cases (now he has) and that he did not establish he was denied two participation opportunities (neither did the case in October).

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George Stoia III
@GeorgeStoia
Owen Heinecke's legal counsel submitted another filing yesterday in Cleveland County. This one was a "notice of supplemental authority."

Essentially, there is another case very similar to Heinecke's that was approved in October.

(Going to break this down as simply as I can.)

When Heinecke petitioned for his year of eligibility, the NCAA denied it, stating that he did not provide "evidence of how similarly situated student-athletes’ waiver requests have been adjudicated."

But when Heinecke submitted his petition, the NCAA had failed to upload this case -- the one in October involving a female athlete who started her career playing volleyball but transferred elsewhere to play basketball -- to the NCAA database, which allows schools to see past waiver decisions.

Heinecke's legal team included the case of the female athlete, who started her career in 2019 and was given a sixth year by the NCAA, in this filing.