Injunction for former Bobcat Amarri Monroe raises eligibility questions

A New York judge granted former Quinnipiac men’s basketball forward Amarri Monroe a preliminary injunction in his case against the NCAA, allowing him to continue playing basketball for the Syracuse Orange this upcoming season.

Onondaga County Supreme Court Judge Jean Marie Westlake oversaw Monroe’s case, issuing the injunction Oct. 6.

Monroe and his lawyers filed a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against the NCAA Aug. 31 in an attempt to allow the former Bobcat to take the court again, despite the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals granting the NCAA a stay of the preliminary injunction in Wisne v. NCAA that allowes athletes from the enrollment class of 2022 a fifth season of athletic eligibility…

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