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Lawyers for former Tennessee basketball player Zakai Zeigler have filed an amended lawsuit over his eligibility. The new complaint uses the NCAA’s recent sweeping changes to its eligibility rules to bolster Zeigler's case challenging the previous policy of limiting athletes to four seasons in five years. The amended lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for Tennessee’s Eastern District cites the new age-based eligibility rules that the NCAA adopted in June. For years, the NCAA allowed athletes five years to complete four years of competition. Zeigler challenged that rule but ultimately dropped his bid to play a fifth season of basketball.