U.S. District Judge Wilken ruled that the O'Bannon NCAA Anti-Trust case is going to trial. She stated from the bench that perhaps not all of the Plaintiffs' claims will be tried, but she will not toss out the entire case. She has not issued a specific order as to the summary judgment motions. The NCAA was obviously very upset with her ruling. The case is scheduled to go to trial June 9 and is slated to last 19 days.
For more on this story, click on the link below:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2014/02/20/ed-obannon-antitrust-ncaa-player-likeness-case-trial/5659807/
Another fight that is going on in the case is the Plaintiffs' probable move to broaden the scope of the class. It appears that counsel for the Plaintiffs want to enlarge the class to include current players whose games are broadcast live. The NCAA is vehemently against broadening the class definition and will most certainly oppose the attempt. John Solomon of The Birmingham News/al.com wrote a piece on this topic. Click the link below for more on this story:
http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/02/ncaa_opposes_ed_obannon_plaint.html#incart_river_default
