Locked due to no posts in 60 days. Report 1st post if need unlocked Will Sam Keller and Ed O’Bannon bankrupt the NCAA and/or the conferences?

[Voice Of Reason]

That is a real possibility and has BiG Commissioner Jim Delany very concerned. Major decision coming in June.

The overview

In re: NCAA Student-Athlete Name & Likeness Licensing Litigation (a/k/a O'Bannon v. NCAA) is an antitrust lawsuit brought by former UCLA Bruins basketball player Ed O'Bannon against the NCAA for using the likeness of past and present players in a variety of products, including the EA Sports college video games. The strange case name is due to the fact that the O'Bannon case was consolidated with one filed by former Nebraska quarterback Sam Keller, in which Keller alleged that EA Sports was using his likeness and that of his former teammates in its video games.

If the NCAA loses and the class is certified, the entire model of collegiate athletics is in danger, as detailed elsewhere.

http://www.sbnation.com/college-foo...obannon-ncaa-lawsuit-next-class-certification

 

[MyBraska]

This is a case where EA and the NCAA are using amateur athletes for their own benefit. I have never felt college athletes should be paid beyond their scholarship benefits of room, board and tuition, but here is a blatant case of a private organization, in collusion with the NCAA, making money off the names of athletes without their permission. I hope the lawyers for O'Bannon and Keller mop the floor with them

 

[SoCalRed]

No where in any of those videos is the name of a single athlete mentioned. Add to that the fact that there aren't many people playing a version of those games that features a likeness of either player.

 

[Porkchopexpress]

No where in any of those videos is the name of a single athlete mentioned. Add to that the fact that there aren't many people playing a version of those games that features a likeness of either player.

O'Bannon and Keller aren't suing just specifically for them, and likeness involves more than just your name.

 

[SoCalRed]

Will Sam Keller and Ed O’Bannon bankrupt the NCAA and/or the conferences?

Yeah, I think this is more of an issue intended to force payments to player.

Ain't gonna happen.

 

[Voice Of Reason]

Yeah, I think this is more of an issue intended to force payments to player.

Ain't gonna happen.

I don’t want to predict how it will end up but I think it’s safe to predict that it will drag through the courts for many years.

 

[p-ville husker]

They need to just disappear