In re NCAA Eligibility Rules Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 3198

Details

Plaintiffs

Diego Pavia, Zakai Zeigler, Cohen Fuller, Javier Morton, KaTron Evans, and other athlete plaintiffs across 21 actions

Defendants

NCAA

Venue

U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation

Docket number

MDL No. 3198

Posture

Motion for transfer and coordination pending before the Panel. Briefing closed by minute order on September 3, 2026, signed by Clerk of the Panel Jessica D. Birnbaum, which lists 21 associated actions. Several athlete plaintiffs filed responses in opposition to transfer on August 26, 2026; the NCAA filed its reply on September 2. Notices of presentation of oral argument and notices of waiver were filed by both sides on August 31 and September 1. No transferee judge has been assigned and the docket records the assignment as "Not Assigned".

Key dates

• TBD (not yet scheduled) No hearing session date on the Panel docket. Briefing closed September 3, 2026; the motion awaits a Panel hearing session

Timeline

1. Aug 1, 2026 MDL No. 3198 docketed before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.
2. Aug 26, 2026 Responses in opposition to transfer filed by plaintiff Javier Morton, plaintiff Cohen Fuller, and the group of plaintiffs in the three Middle District of Tennessee actions (entries 26, 27, 28).
3. Aug 31, 2026 Plaintiffs split on argument: notices of presentation of oral argument filed for the Tennessee Middle District and Colorado plaintiff groups, and notices of waiver of oral argument filed for plaintiffs Cohen Fuller and Zakai Zeigler (entries 29, 30, 31, 32).
4. Sep 1, 2026 The NCAA filed a notice of presentation of oral argument (entry 33).
5. Sep 2, 2026 The NCAA filed its reply in support of transfer, and a notice of related action identifying eight further actions in the Southern and Northern Districts of West Virginia, the District of Idaho, the District of Nevada and the District of Colorado (entries 34, 35).
6. Sep 3, 2026 Minute order closing briefing on the transfer motion, signed by Clerk of the Panel Jessica D. Birnbaum. The order lists 21 associated actions and reminds the parties of the duty to notify the Clerk of potential tag-along actions under Panel Rules 6.1(f) and 6.2(d) (MDL No. 3198, entry 36).

1. Sep 3, 2026

   Minute order closing briefing on the transfer motion, signed by Clerk of the Panel Jessica D. Birnbaum. The order lists 21 associated actions and reminds the parties of the duty to notify the Clerk of potential tag-along actions under Panel Rules 6.1(f) and 6.2(d) (MDL No. 3198, entry 36).

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2. Sep 2, 2026

   The NCAA filed its reply in support of transfer, and a notice of related action identifying eight further actions in the Southern and Northern Districts of West Virginia, the District of Idaho, the District of Nevada and the District of Colorado (entries 34, 35).

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3. Sep 1, 2026

   The NCAA filed a notice of presentation of oral argument (entry 33).

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4. Aug 31, 2026

   Plaintiffs split on argument: notices of presentation of oral argument filed for the Tennessee Middle District and Colorado plaintiff groups, and notices of waiver of oral argument filed for plaintiffs Cohen Fuller and Zakai Zeigler (entries 29, 30, 31, 32).

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5. Aug 26, 2026

   Responses in opposition to transfer filed by plaintiff Javier Morton, plaintiff Cohen Fuller, and the group of plaintiffs in the three Middle District of Tennessee actions (entries 26, 27, 28).

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6. Aug 1, 2026

   MDL No. 3198 docketed before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.

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Sources

• Docket, In re NCAA Eligibility Rules Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 3198 (J.P.M.L.)Court record