Trio of Former Robert Morris MBB Players Granted Additional Year of Eligibility After Latest Court Ruling

U.S. District Judge Charlotte Sweeney set the college athletic world into a frenzy this week when she made the ruling that all seniors who exhausted their four years of eligibility this past spring would be granted an extra year of college eligibility.

The injunction declared that any student-athlete that graduated high school in 2022 would be eligible for a fifth year. Judge Sweeney’s ruling comes on the heels of a string of similar cases from around the country that saw other student-athletes granted with an extra year of eligibility.

Shortly after news of the injunction broke, NCAA President Charlie Baker issued a statement bashing the decision of Judge Sweeney and announced that the NCAA will appeal the ruling in hopes of overturning it.

With the new ruling, a trio of former Robert Morris men’s basketball players assumed that they have been granted an extra year of eligibility and have announced their intentions on testing the transfer portal waters in hopes of playing another season of college basketball.

Despite their individual announcements, Judge Sweeney provided a clarification to the injunction on Sunday which stated that it does not override the current transfer rules meaning that if a player did not enter their name into the transfer portal during its original opening, April 7 through April 21, then they will not be eligible to enter the portal now.

Albert Vargas (2025-26), Cam Wilds (2025-26) and Josh Omojafo (2024-25) are the three former Robert Morris players that announced that they have been granted with an additional year of eligibility, but Vargas was the only one known to have entered his name into the portal during the original opening back in April.

There is no guarantee that Vargas, Wilds or Omojafo will actually be able to play for a college program during the upcoming season due to the NCAA’s expected pushback and Judge Sweeney’s clarifications but that will not stop the trio of former Robert Morris basketball players from attempting to field interest from programs over the coming days and weeks.