The NCAA will appeal Judge Claudia Wilken’s ruling against the organization in the recent Ed O’Bannon case, an expected move announced by the organization in a press release Sunday.
NCAA announces it will appeal O’Bannon ruling
The ruling was actually fairly favorable to the NCAA despite allowing athletes to receive money from schools for use of their names, images and likenesses. Not much has changed: The NCAA will still be able to control that flow of income, as they can set a salary cap (no lower than $5,000) and can bar athletes from marketing themselves.
The full statement, from NCAA chief legal officer Donald Remy:
We remain confident that the NCAA has not violated the antitrust laws and intend to appeal. We will also be seeking clarity from the District Court on some details of its ruling.
It should be noted that the Court supported several of the NCAA's positions, and we share a commitment to better support student-athletes. For more than three years, we've been working to improve the college experience for the more than 460,000 student-athletes across all three divisions. On Thursday, the Division I Board of Directors passed a new governance model allowing schools to better support student-athletes, including covering the full cost of attendance, one of the central components of the injunction. The Court also agreed that the integration of academics and athletics is important and supported by NCAA rules.
Further, the Court rejected the plaintiffs' claims that the NCAA licensed student-athletes' names, images and likenesses to EA Sports or anyone else. It also rejected the plaintiffs' proposed model where athletes could directly market their names, images and likenesses while in college.
We look forward to presenting our arguments on appeal, and in the meantime we will continue to champion student-athlete success on the field and in the classroom.
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