Oklahoma State<\/a> student-athletes continued their wins in court on Wednesday.<\/p>\n Parsa Fallah, the center for the men\u2019s basketball team<\/a> who has been seeking a final year of eligibility in the courts, received a temporary injunction in two different courts.<\/p>\n He was part of two cases \u2014 one in California<\/a> and one in Oklahoma<\/a> \u2014 and he received a temporary injunction in both cases that allows him to play for the Cowboys until the case is finally settled.<\/p>\n The Oklahoma<\/a> case, per Scott Wright of 247Sports<\/a> (subscription required), also involved Cowboys football player Iman Oates \u2014 who received a temporary injunction earlier this summer \u2014 and Cowgirls soccer player Ellie Geoffroy. That case was filed in Payne County, Oklahoma, of which Stillwater is the county seat.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not clear when the case will be settled. <\/p>\n Earlier this year men\u2019s basketball coach Steve Lutz told reporters that the Cowboys were keeping a scholarship for Fallah on the chance he could play next season. At the time, he was pursuing an additional year of eligibility based his complicated emigration to the U.S. from Iran. <\/p>\n But he attached himself to the NCAA\u2019s new \u201cfive-for-five\u201d legislation in California this summer. The NCAA\u2019s new age-based rule gives student-athletes five years to play five years. For those students that have eligibility remaining, the NCAA will apply the current and former rule, and the student-athlete will get the amount of eligibility most advantageous to them. <\/p>\n Fallah is unique in that both have played more than four years. The Iran native has been in college for five years \u2014 three at Southern Utah, including a redshirt, followed by one at Oregon State and one at Oklahoma State. <\/p>\n If Fallah remains eligible, there is another matter \u2014\u00a0his knee. In the home regular-season finale in February he tore his ACL, an injury that at the time felt like it ended his career. But these legal proceedings have given him a new opportunity, should they hold. <\/p>\n It\u2019s unlikely his knee would allow him to play when the season opens in November as he would be about nine months into his recovery. But a return for Big 12 play in January \u2014 11 months after the injury \u2014 would be more realistic. <\/p>\n If he can play, the 6-10 center would boost the Cowboys\u2019 frontcourt as he did a season ago. He averaged 14.7 points and 6.0 rebounds for Oklahoma State. He would also be the most experienced player on the roster at 6-10 or taller. <\/p>\n This all assumes Fallah ultimately wins his case. That is one step closer to reality.<\/p>\nParsa Fallah\u2019s Impact on OSU Basketball<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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