Pruitt counsel tells Alabama court show-cause enforcement cost coach job opportunities in state

Angela Schaefer, representing Jeremy Pruitt, told the court the NCAA’s enforcement of a show-cause order produced concrete harms in Alabama, saying the NCAA “has cost coach Pruitt two concrete job opportunities in this state.” Schaefer described the show-cause order as an ongoing enforcement mechanism that requires member institutions to seek NCAA permission to hire Pruitt and that the order emanates from the NCAA’s bylaws (record, tab W).

Schaefer pointed to Jacksonville State as an example where the NCAA required several Alabama-based individuals to attend a show-cause hearing and imposed conditions that limited the role Pruitt could have (annual training, reporting and a 100% game-day suspension). She urged the court that those enforcement effects in Alabama support specific jurisdiction over the NCAA.