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NCAA announces it will appeal Ed O’Bannon ruling

Mark Emmert

FILE - In this April 6, 2014 file photo, NCAA President Mark Emmert answers a question at a news conference in Arlington, Texas. The NCAA’s board of directors is scheduled to discuss and endorse a 57-page overhaul plan that would hand far more power to five major conferences to decide how to treat and perhaps satisfy their athletes.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

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In a move that should surprise nobody, the NCAA announced on Sunday morning that it will appeal the ruling that it had violated antitrust laws. On Friday, in a 99-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken determined that the NCAA violated antitrust laws by prohibiting student-athletes from being compensating for the use of their name, image or likeness.

Here is a portion of the statement from Donald Remy, the NCAA chief legal officer.

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.


The lawsuit was led by former UCLA forward Ed O’Bannon.

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