Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares is threatening legal action against the NCAA if it does not reverse its decision to disallow James Madison University from playing a bowl game at the end of this season.

A law firm activated by Miyares sent a letter to the NCAA on Wednesday threatening legal action if the decision not to allow James Madison to participate in a bowl was not reversed, per a report from ESPN. The letter gives the NCAA until noon on Friday to respond.

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"We are prepared to act on behalf of JMU in the unfortunate circumstance that JMU's request for relief is not timely approved," the letter said, per the outlet. "Specifically, JMU is prepared to promptly file a lawsuit in the Western District of Virginia asserting that the bowl ban violates the antitrust and, potentially, other laws."

The James Madison Dukes are in the second of their mandatory two-year postseason suspension because they moved from the Football Championship Subdivision to the Football Bowl Subdivision. The suspension is standard practice for the NCAA when a team moves to the higher subdivision, but the university had asked for a waiver to participate in 2023 postseason action. The waiver was first denied in April and was again denied on Wednesday despite the team being 10-0 and ranked 18th in the latest Associated Press college football rankings.

The letter was sent ahead of the decision by the NCAA on Wednesday not to allow James Madison to have a waiver for the postseason. The decision by the governing body of college football means the team could still play in a low-profile bowl game if there are not enough bowl-eligible teams at the end of the season, but they would not be able to play in one of the high-profile games, including the New Year's Six bowl games.

"The NCAA’s arbitrary, anti-competitive decisions have a profoundly negative impact on student-athletes, JMU, the Commonwealth of Virginia, & collegiate athletics as a whole. When JMU approves, I’m ready to defend our student-athletes. Let the Dukes bowl!" Miyares said in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, on Thursday.

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Other Virginia officials have also been vocal in their support of James Madison getting a postseason waiver.

Democratic Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore L. Louise Lucas previously warned the NCAA that "they are required by their charter to follow state laws where they operate. If they continue to hold [James Madison football] hostage to a technical rule and stop them from competing in the postseason they will face a very unfriendly future from our legislature." In a subsequent post on X last week, Lucas warned the NCAA that "this fight is far from over."