Court Upholds NCAA Bylaw Involving Two-year Transfers

A federal judge from the Northern District of California has dismissed a claim brought by a group of student-athletes, who alleged that the NCAA rule that governs the transfer of student-athletes from two-year schools to Division I colleges and universities was unconstitutional.   Specifically, the court determined that the claim fell “far short of negating every conceivable rational basis for the challenged bylaw.”   At issue was NCAA Division I Bylaw 14.5.4.2, which sets forth th