A federal judge has denied the motion of a former university baseball player of Division II for a temporary restriction order and a court order that would have allowed him to play this season in Maryland.
Trey Ciulla-Hall, who played the last four seasons in Stonehill College in North Easton, Massachusetts, had taken his case to a federal court in Massachusetts after the NCAA denied Maryland's request from an exemption that would have allowed him to play for the Terrapins this station.
The American district judge, Denise Casper, denied the motion on Friday.
Ciulla-Hall said in his complaint that he participated in a game beyond the legislated limits normally scheduled in 2021 “due to the considerable confusion regarding the season of relief of the Covid competition at the levels of division II and III”.
The complaint also points out that Ciulla-Hall faced financial challenges that year while traveling home to help her brothers take care of her sick mother.
“The court is not indifferent to the situation of Ciulla-Hall, and points out that the denial of precautionary measures does not reflect any evaluation of the plausibility of their complaints,” Casper said in his ruling. “However, in an underdeveloped registry, and under emergency circumstances that are not the creation of the NCAA, and in fact, at least partly attributable to the delay of Ciulla-Hall in the search for a cautious relief, Ciulla, Ciulla, appear at least -Hall has not fulfilled the load for the precautionary measures relief. “
Ciulla-Hall had denied his motion one day after the football player Nyzier Fourqurean had a preliminary court order that allowed the corner to maintain his eligibility and play for Wisconsin this fall.
Fourqurean, who was transferred to Wisconsin in 2023, had argued that the two seasons he played in the state of Grand Valley of Division II at the beginning of his university career should not count against his eligibility.
When issuing his decision in a federal court in Wisconsin, the United States district judge, William Conley, said it was a narrow decision that applied only to the “unique circumstances” of the Fourqurean case. The decision occurred one day before the deadline for Fourqurean to withdraw his consideration name for the NFL draft.
The NCAA presented an appeal notice in the case of Fourqurean on Friday.
“It is clear that NCAA has not finished fighting my ability to play,” Foursan said on Friday in a statement published on social networks. “The decision to appeal on the part of the NCAA left me in a difficult place because they chose to get out of the draft is not something that I can expect while the appeal process continues. While I would like to be more certain, I have decided to put my faith in the legal Process and in the decision of Judge Conley and have retired from the draft so that I can continue my career as a UW player.
“I am excited about what it will bring this year and I hope to be with my teammates, representing my school for the duration of the year.”
Ciulla-Hall said he wanted to play baseball of division I this season in part for the opportunity to benefit from his name, image and likeness. On Friday he marked the deadline of Ciulla-Hall to register in classes for the spring semester.
Casper said that the court was not convinced that the denial of the NCAA of the exemption violated its own rules and that Ciulla-Hall had not fulfilled the burden of showing a probability of success in the merits in terms of its antitrust claims.
In the Fourqureano case, Wisconsin's defense said that the denial of the NCAA of his exemption prevented him from benefiting from null opportunities. A sports marketing consultant declared that Fourqurean could do “something north of $ 250,000 and perhaps as high as $ 500,000” playing in Wisconsin this fall.
Fourqurean also pointed out that his father's death in the summer of 2021 hit his mental health and limited his low season training. Fourqurean participated in 11 games for Grand Valley State, but played only 155 snapshots.
Matt Mitchell, who trained Fourqurean in Grand Valley State, said the corner was forced to action in 2021 due to injuries to other players, but was not “physically ready or in a large mental space.” Mitchell added that Fourqurean had probably not played at all that year in a typical season.
