Indiana takes full advantage of NCAA courtroom chaos with stunning roster move amid eligibility fight

On Tuesday, it was the Hoosiers that decided to take advantage of the current predicament that has colleges across the country scrambling to figure out if the move would be beneficial to their roster, by bringing back star defensive lineman Stephen Daley.

In the meantime, while the NCAA appeals the ruling from Judge Sweeney, schools like Indiana are either adding players to their roster that competed last season, or inquiring who they could possibly bring back to the team for the upcoming season.

So, being that he had already played four seasons without taking a redshirt, the former transfer decided to get medically cleared by the Indiana medical staff and use the recent ruling in a Colorado district court to return for one more season.

Now, the problem for college programs across the country is that the NCAA is currently appealing the case, with Chief Legal Officer Scott Bearby trying to provide guidance to member schools on a daily basis regarding what is actually allowed right now, compared to what could happen if the organization were to win a "stay" on appeal.

"If the judge denies our motion for a stay, the NCAA will immediately ask the Tenth Circuit to enter a stay pending approval, including a request of the Tenth Circuit for what is know as an "administrative stay", which is an order pausing the injunction temporarily while the court decides whether to pause it for the duration of our appeal.

"If any of our stay motions are granted, we will return to the status quo before Wisne, with the age-based eligibility rules being implemented as the membership intended."

The NCAA is essentially saying that if a school were to add a player to its roster during this period where it is legally allowed, that athlete would then be ruled ineligible if the court rules in their favor on appeal.

One of the most complicated times in college athletics history is due in large part to players across the country rightfully suing the NCAA over its implementation of the new "Five and Five" rule which gives athletes five years to play five seasons.

Lawyers are going at the NCAA in a court of law, arguing that if the new five-and-five rule was being implemented, then athletes who exhausted their clock this past season under the old rule should be granted the same rights that players under the new guidelines would be entitled to.

"Yeah, we're in exploration. Some of the details and what it's all going to look like still is being worked through, but looking at those things."

But across the sport, football staffs have been working the phones to gauge whether it's worth the risk to bring back a player while not knowing if this will actually stick for the duration of this upcoming season.

Multiple staffers have indicated to OutKick-Fox News that this question is currently being discussed among compliance departments across college campuses. Also, what does a school do about roster spots.

As you can tell, this has been a pretty chaotic stretch, most notably in the basketball world, as more lawsuits continued to be filed at the state level. A plethora of players have been granted eligibility thanks to a court ruling, with more to come.