Feb 13, 2026
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Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambless has confirmed his ability to return to the program for one more year.
Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss has qualified to return to the program for a second year.
Via Pete Thamel of ESPN.com, a judge in Mississippi granted Chambliss a preliminary injunction against the NCAA.Among other things, the judge ruled that the NCAA acted in bad faith when it denied Chambliss a medical redshirt because of respiratory issues that prevented him from playing in 2022 while enrolled at Ferris State.He didn't play or even be one that year, and didn't wear a game suit.
Mississippi state court selection clearly helped Chambliss.It is to the advantage of the home court that the case was decided by a Mississippi judge elected (and likely re-elected) by Mississippi voters.As will any student at any school based in any state where the NCAA operates.
The order is in effect while the case continues and allows Chambliss to play unless the president resolves the case in the NCAA's favor before the end of the 2026 season or the NCAA vacates the ruling on appeal to the highest Mississippi court.
In the face of its latest courtroom setback, the NCAA has been predictably defiant.
"This decision in state court shows the impossibility of different court decisions helping to undermine the rules agreed upon by members of the same NCAA who later challenged them in court," the NCAA said in a statement."We will continue to protect the NCAA's eligibility rules from ongoing efforts to rob future generations of college athletes of the opportunity to compete and experience the life-changing opportunities that only college sports can create.
"The NCAA and its member schools are making changes to provide greater benefits to student-athletes, but a series of state laws and conflicting court decisions make cooperation with Congress necessary to ensure stability for current and future college-athletes."
That's the number of lawsuits that continue to push Congress to decriminalize college sports, allowing schools to return to the days of decriminalization.Today, that effort has not continued.
And the ridiculous NCAA sky is falling!The ad is boring.If Trinidad Chambliss or anyone else has any remaining eligibility, he should have the right to exercise it.If Ole Miss decides it is in the program's best interest to keep Chambliss on the court, and if he can make the case that the rules should give him another year, the ridiculous rhetoric about "future generations" being "deprived" of "opportunity" should be ignored.This does not change the situation or the current reputation of the NCAA for the better.
In recent years, the NCAA has gradually been exposed as something more than a shield that several schools previously hid to ensure the non-payment of players.And although the NCAA was certainly strong for the days when it gained real power, the institution is now little more than an arbitrary and toothless regime.
Honestly, the sooner the NCAA is out of business, the better. Member universities and students - staff, athletes and students - will be better off at this point, the NCAA is only trying to help itself.
