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February 2010, Featured Articles, NCAA-Conferences
O'Bannon Lawsuit to Proceed
Former UCLA star's case against the NCAA to move forward.
A federal judge has granted permission for a lawsuit by former UCLA basketball star Ed O'Bannon against the NCAA to move forward. O'Bannon alleges that the NCAA consistently used the images of student-athletes without permission.
U.S. District Court Judge Claudia Wilken denied the NCAA's attempt to have the lawsuit dismissed Monday. The NCAA had argued O'Bannon and others gave up their commercial rights when they annually signed a form permitting the organization to use their images to promote NCAA activities. The judge found that O'Bannon's allegations that the NCAA is improperly profiting by using the images to sell DVDs, video games and apparel deserve further hearing.
This case has been combined with that of former Nebraska quarterback Sam Keller, who filed a similar suit against the NCAA and video game maker Electronic Arts Inc.