Overview
- Tuscaloosa County Judge James H. Roberts Jr. extended Charles Bediako’s temporary restraining order by 10 days after a status conference noted an NCAA attorney could not travel because of winter weather.
- The extension leaves Bediako eligible to play while a preliminary-injunction hearing is rescheduled, with no new date yet set.
- Bediako can suit up for Alabama’s next games against Missouri on Tuesday, at Florida on Sunday, and vs. Texas A&M on Feb. 4 under the extended order.
- The NCAA reiterated it will not grant eligibility to athletes who have signed NBA contracts, a stance it cited in denying Alabama’s petition for Bediako’s reinstatement.
- Bediako scored 13 points in his return during Saturday’s loss to Tennessee, as scrutiny persists over the judge’s status as an Alabama athletics donor.