Judge rules against NCAA

[Abdullah the Butcher]

U.S. District Court Judge Claudia Wilken, in a 99-page decision that followed a contentious three-week trial in June, wrote, "The Court finds that the challenged NCAA rules unreasonably restrain trade in the market for certain educational and athletic opportunities offered by NCAA Division I schools."

Wilken rejected the NCAA's arguments in defense of its economic model, saying the "justifications that the NCAA offers do not justify this restraint and could be achieved through less restrictive means" while preserving college sports competition.

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/11328442/judge-rules-ncaa-ed-obannon-antitrust-case

Mods move this where you want, but since it could have major implications for Nebraska I figured I'd start here.

Here is the full ruling.

http://i.usatoday.net/sports/!Invesitgations-and-enterprise/OBANNONRULING.pdf

 

[Abdullah the Butcher]

U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken, in a 99-page ruling in favor of a group of plaintiffs led by former UCLA basketball player Ed O'Bannon, issued an injunction that will prevent the NCAA the "from enforcing any rules or bylaws that would prohibit its member schools and conferences from offering their FBS football or Division I basketball recruits a limited share of the revenues generated from the use of their names, images, and likenesses in addition to a full grant-in-aid.

"Wilken said the injunction will not be stayed pending any appeal of her ruling, but it will not take effect until the start of the next FBS football and Division I basketball recruiting cycle.

The injunction will allow the NCAA to set a cap on the amount of money that may be held in trust, but it will not be allowed the set that cap at less than $5,000 in 2014 dollars for every year an athlete remains academically eligible to compete.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2014/08/08/ed-obannon-antitrust-lawsuit-vs-ncaa/13801277/

 

[Dagerow]

This is pretty big.

 

[Abdullah the Butcher]

So it sounds like an athlete could make up to $25,000 for being at a school five years, along with the full cost of attendance being covered.

 

[True2tRA]

More tattoos! Hellz ya biatches!

 

[okaive]

If this goes thru, I can see NU recalling their "they can keep their scholly no matter what" rule.

 

[huKSer]

If this goes thru, I can see NU recalling their "they can keep their scholly no matter what" rule.

Sounds fair to me. My employer would not keep me if I screwed up one year.

 

[AgMarauder04]

http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/outkick-the-coverage/legal-analysis-of-today-s-ncaa-decision-080814

EXCELLENT summary of what happened.

 

[74Hunter]

So it sounds like an athlete could make up to $25,000 for being at a school five years, along with the full cost of attendance being covered.

So the $EC will be taking a pay cut?

 

[AgMarauder04]

Only if we get caught

 

[Notre Dame Joe]

Sounds as though they would collect all the royalties for jersey sales into a hotch pot and then divide it by every player after graduation, that won't be much.

I'm more concerned with conference networks and if there will be an effect. By now you have noticed that they use the athletes as free actors and entertainers to promote the operation.

 

[AgMarauder04]

You'll probably see the $5K per year held in trust for each athlete til they leave.