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Courts hand NCAA major loss on 5-year eligibility rule amid SU players' legal challenge

The Post-Standard (Syracuse) and WPLG Local 10 (Berkshire/Graham, Miami) describe the same event in different terms.

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What happened In Syracuse, the ruling could lead to several men’s lacrosse players who sought to play another season returning to school.
The headline split The Post-Standard (Syracuse) frames it as "Courts hand NCAA major loss on 5-year eligibility rule amid SU players' legal challenge". WPLG Local 10 (Berkshire/Graham, Miami) frames it as "Courts hand NCAA major loss on five-year eligibility rule".
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The Post-Standard (Syracuse)News report · Aug 1, 1:32 AM

Courts hand NCAA major loss on 5-year eligibility rule amid SU players' legal challenge

In Syracuse, the ruling could lead to several men’s lacrosse players who sought to play another season returning to school.

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WPLG Local 10 (Berkshire/Graham, Miami)News report · Aug 1, 1:04 AM

Courts hand NCAA major loss on five-year eligibility rule

DENVER (AP) — A federal court dealt a perhaps chaos-inducing blow to the NCAA's new eligibility rule Friday when it ruled that all high school class of 2022 athletes who exhausted their fou...

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