NCAA Hit With Cuban Wrestler’s Eligibility-Clock Antitrust Suit

The NCAA was sued in federal court by a wrestler who challenged the sports organization’s application of its five-year eligibility clock, arguing that time overseas after high school shouldn’t bar him from a full career competing at the Division I level.

Plaintiff Reineri Andreu Ortega, originally from Cuba, accuses the NCAA of unfairly starting the clock too early on his eligibility to compete in college sports, according to a complaint filed Monday in the US District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.

He argues that the start of his clock should have begun when he enrolled at Iowa State ...