The Ed O'Bannon class action lawsuit against the NCAA
started this morning in Oakland, California. Mr. O'Bannon took the stand
earlier today.
The trial was originally slated to be a jury trial, but the
Plaintiffs withdrew their request and Judge Wilken is now presiding over a
bench trial. The Plaintiffs also withdrew their individual damages
claims.
The case was also paired with a similar class action suit
brought by Sam Keller. That case was bifurcated and was slated to go to trial
in February 2015, but in an announcement made in Court this morning before
trial, that case has settled. The NCAA settled that lawsuit for a reported $20
million and will go towards student athletes who appeared in EA Sports video
games. This on top of the previous settlement with EA for $40 million.
For more on the trial, click on the below links:
