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NCAA asks Supreme Court to hear O’Bannon case
- Updated: May 13, 2016
9:36 PM ET
INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the so-called O’Bannon case that successfully challenged the association’s use of names, images and likenesses of college athletes without compensation.
The plaintiffs in the case, which was originally filed by former UCLA basketball star Ed O’Bannon, petitioned the Supreme Court in March to hear the case. The NCAA also filed an opposition Friday to the plaintiff’s filing.
Editor’s PicksMunson: NCAA weighs dicey court filing
The NCAA faces a difficult decision that could either lead to the preservation of the organization’s idea of athletic amateurism or radically transform college sports.
In 2014, a U.S. district judge decided the NCAA’s amateurism rules violated antitrust law. Judge Claudia Wilken ruled schools could — but were not required to — pay football and men’s basketball players up to …
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