Two Lobos have requested a jury trial for their consolidated cases against the NCAA, per court documents reviewed by the Journal. Filed Monday in the 2nd Judicial District Court, New Mexico defensive end Brett Karhu and cornerback Azariah Levells demanded a trial by 12 jurors as part of their efforts to secure a preliminary injunction and finish the season. Both fifth-year seniors are ...

If New Mexico is on a bye this week, Brett Karhu and Azariah Levells will still have to play the waiting game. A New Mexico district judge declined to make a ruling on the Lobos’ consolidated motion for a temporary and preliminary injunction, one that would allow them to likely finish out the rest of the season with UNM. The pair of fifth-year seniors were previously granted temporary ...

It was less than an hour’s drive on OK-9, but it might as well have been a world away when Brett Karhu first made the trip. After playing a weekday game in front of maybe 4,000 fans, the freshman defensive end hopped in a truck with a few teammates and made the 40-mile interstate trek to Norman, Oklahoma. There, he walked into the hallowed grounds of Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium to ...

Brett Karhu is back. A New Mexico state judge granted the fifth-year Lobo defensive end a temporary restraining order against the NCAA on Thursday, allowing him to return to practice and play for the foreseeable future. Karhu returned to practice Thursday and is now expected to be available for UNM’s season opener against Central Michigan (Sept. 5). In a six-page decision, Judge Joshua A. ...

Brett Karhu will have his day in court. A court hearing has been scheduled for the New Mexico defensive end’s lawsuit against the NCAA, one claiming the organization breached the “covenant of good faith and fair dealing” by not allowing him to play a fifth year. Karhu’s motion for a temporary restraining order against the NCAA will be heard Wednesday in the 2nd Judicial District Court at 2 ...

Two Lobos’ futures with New Mexico are now firmly in question. The U.S. Court of Appeals in the 10th Circuit granted a stay request to the NCAA on Friday as part of the Wisne v. NCAA lawsuit, pausing a class-wide preliminary injunction that provided a fifth year of eligibility to hundreds of college athletes. In July, a federal judge in Colorado issued an injunction through the Wisne lawsuit ...

Not too long ago, Brett Karhu’s days fell into a familiar routine. The 22-year-old would wake up, drink the smoothie his wife made for him and arrive at work around 7 a.m., the start of another day as a residential construction manager in McKinney, Texas. Upon his arrival, Karhu would schedule employees for various jobs — pouring a slab or framing a house, for instance — at different sites. ...

Former New Mexico defensive lineman Brett Karhu is suing the the NCAA, claiming it “breached the covenant of good faith and fair dealing” by denying him a fifth year of eligibility amid recent changes to the organization’s eligibility rules. Filed July 14, Karhu’s complaint came less than a month after the NCAA adopted an age-based eligibility policy allowing athletes five years to play five ...