Court Injunction Opens 5th Year for 2022-23 Players as 105-Man Roster Cap Squeezes Teams
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 2
Court Injunction Opens 5th Year for 2022-23 Players as 105-Man Roster Cap Squeezes Teams
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 2
Summary
Days before preseason camp, college football staffs are scrambling to assess whether newly re-eligible 2022-23 entrants can be added before rosters lock for each team’s first game.
Judge Charlotte Sweeney’s Sunday clarification said her injunction did not block House settlement rules, leaving teams bound by the 105-player cap even as the ruling creates a path for some veterans to return.
Roster space may be manageable because the 105 limit is not final yet, but money is tighter: Power 4 programs said they could make room for premium players, while one Group of 6 personnel director said, “We don’t have any money left.”
Walk-ons could be most vulnerable if teams cut players to create room, and displaced athletes would face transfer constraints after the NCAA barred “ghost transfers” and threatened penalties including a six-game head-coach suspension and a 20% budget fine.
The NCAA plans to appeal, leaving some staffs wary of moving too fast even as agents and roughly 1,000 personnel staffers head to Nashville this week for a symposium that could become a market for available veterans.