February 24, 2026
After being informed he’s ineligible to play faculty sports activities, he’s interesting the choice however needs to play the remainder of the season, which ends subsequent month.
Less than two months after a decide ruled that he was not eligible to play faculty sports activities, Alabama basketball participant Charles Bediako has returned to court docket, requesting that he be allowed to play the remainder of the basketball season whereas his enchantment is pending.
According to ESPN, attorneys for Bediako have filed an appeal on Feb. 23 in Tuscaloosa of the choice by Circuit Court Judge Daniel Pruet, who dominated that Bediako didn’t have a “cheap expectation” to return to the faculty ranks, as no different participant earlier than him had been given that chance after enjoying skilled sports activities.
But, within the meantime, as the faculty basketball season is winding down, Bediako’s attorneys are asking the Alabama Supreme Court to present the participant “interim injunctive reduction” so he can play the remainder of the season for the University of Alabama.
“Injunctive reduction is warranted whereas Plaintiff’s enchantment to the Alabama Supreme Court is pending,” it states within the movement of his enchantment. Not permitting him to play (the common season ends March 7, with the postseason ending April 6) “will grow to be moot with out interim reduction” because the enchantment “is unlikely to resolve earlier than the season concludes.”
Bediako, who performed for Alabama from 2021 to 2023, made himself eligible for the NBA Draft. He signed a two-way NBA contract and performed the final three seasons within the G League.
After the decide granted him a short lived restraining order earlier this 12 months, permitting Bediako to return to the basketball court docket, Judge Pruet denied the basketball participant’s movement for a preliminary injunction on Feb. 9, successfully ending his faculty basketball profession, once more. Bediako has performed in 5 video games, averaging 10 factors, 4.6 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks a sport.
The University of Alabama feels the principles are unfair, since a number of international gamers have been granted the correct to play in faculty even after enjoying professionally abroad. Several G League gamers have been deemed eligible, including James Nnaji, a 2023 NBA draft choose, who was allowed to play this season.
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