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Another emergency-relief setback for the NCAA in the 5-for-5 litigation, and this Kentucky ruling has some particularly interesting findings. The judge found the NCAA failed to demonstrate an “imminent, ruinous, and incalculable injury” warranting an emergency stay. She also warned against athletes' eligibility being allowed to “flip-flop repeatedly” during litigation. Perhaps most interestingly, she pointed out that the NCAA never sought Kentucky Supreme Court review of its September 4 emergency-relief denial, explicitly finding that this undermined its renewed claims of urgency. What this means: Texas Tech QB Thomas Castellanos, Seth Trimble, Mark Mitchell, and other covered plaintiffs remain protected by the October 16 temporary injunction.