As the college football season rolls along while college basketball nears its return, a major development came late Friday that affects both sports. The Kentucky Court of Appeals has dissolved the temporary injunction that had allowed athletes in the class of 2022 to play this season.
Players involved in the Kentucky lawsuit vs. the NCAA are now ineligible to play this season, including Kentucky Football linebacker Alex Afari, Louisville Basketball guard Seth Trimble, and Missouri Basketball forward Mark Mitchell.
Afari is obviously the biggest one since the football season is already underway, so he’s out Saturday when the Wildcats take on the South Carolina Gamecocks. That’s a big setback for this defense, as Afari was finally growing into a role where he was playing significant snaps. He was practically a starter last week when normal starter Bo Barnes was ejected for targeting in the first half.
Thankfully, Barnes will be able to play the entire game this week, and Kentucky will need it with Afari now out.
The full list of players involved is:
- LEVAVIUM WELLS, III;
- ALBERT VARGAS FRITO;
- COLIN PORTER;
- D’ANGELO HUTCHINSON;
- DONOVAN ODAY;
- FRED KING;
- JABARI MACK;
- JUSTIN ALLEN;
- KAYDEN CAMPBELL;
- MARK MITCHELL;
- THOMAS CASTELLANOS;
- BILLY SMITH;
- SKYY CLARK;
- SETH TRIMBLE;
- REESE RAGLAND;
- JAYLEN WESTER;
- RYLEN SU’A-FILO;
- MACKAVELLI MALOTUMAU;
- JOSIE GILVIN;
- JAWAUN NORTHINGTON;
- CLAUDIA HOFMEISTER;
- LEVI SANDIDGE;
- MACY WHISENAND;
- CARDELL BAILEY;
- DAMONI HARRISON;
- EMMANUEL OKORAFOR;
- GARRETT HELSEL;
- JALYN BROWN;
- KATIE FICHTNER;
- KRISTINA PAEGLE;
- ORLANDO LOVEJOY;
- REGAN DANCER;
- OLIVIA ALBERT;
- AIDAN HADAWAY;
- CAZEEM MOORE;
- ZOE HAMMOND;
- SOPHIE HARLAN;
- ALEX AFARI, JR.
For now, all of these players are out, at least until the next lawsuit happens.
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