Elad v. NCAA: Third Circuit Vacates Preliminary Injunction

By Christian Dennie Jett Elad, a Rutgers University football player, challenged two NCAA bylaws. These bylaws count years spent at Junior Colleges (“JUCOs”) towards the NCAA’s limit of participation in four seasons of NCAA football over a five-year period (the “JUCO Rule”). Elad argued that the JUCO Rule unreasonably restrains the college-football-athlete labor market in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act.  The District Court granted Elad a preliminary injunction, a