carlosLisboa
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 Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2014 6:11 am Post subject: O'Bannon vs NCAA |
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| Quote: | In July 2009, Ed O'Bannon, a former basketball player who was a starter on the UCLA's 1995 national championship team, and the NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player of that year, filed a lawsuit against the NCAA and the Collegiate Licensing Company, alleging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act and of actions that deprived him of his right of publicity.[6] He agreed to be the lead plaintiff after seeing his likeness from the 1995 championship team used in a video game without his permission.[7] The game featured a UCLA player who played O'Bannon's power forward position, while also matching his height, weight, bald head, skin tone, No. 31 jersey, and left-handed shot.[8]
In January 2011, Oscar Robertson joined O'Bannon in the class action suit.[9] Bill Russell is also among the 20 former college athletes who are plaintiffs.[7] Electronic Arts and The Collegiate Licensing Company, both original co-defendants with the NCAA, departed from the case and finalized a $40 million settlement that could net as much as $4,000 to as many as 100,000 current and former athletes who had appeared in EA Sports basketball and football video games since 2003.[10][11]
In 2014, federal judge Claudia Wilken allowed the lawsuit against the NCAA to proceed to trial on June 9.[12] The trial concluded on June 27, and final written closing statements were submitted on July 10. Wilken was expected to reach a verdict within weeks.[13] A verdict was reached on August 8, 2014 which the judge ruled against the NCAA.
How come this is not being discussed here? |
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