June 23, 2014
College athletes and their schools could become corrupt if a California federal judge abolishes the NCAA's ban on compensating student athletes for licensing their personas, the Conference USA commissioner testified for the NCAA in the players' antitrust class action trial against the association.
June 20, 2014
Big Ten Conference athletes agreed to let the conference license their personas — and not to seek compensation for it, the conference's leader testified Friday for the National Collegiate Athletic Association in student athletes' class action trial claiming the NCAA's ban on such compensation violates antitrust laws.
June 19, 2014
National Collegiate Athletic Association President Mark Emmert took the stand Thursday to defend the NCAA against student athletes' allegations that the association violated antitrust laws by barring player compensation for the licensing of their personas, saying he reduced athlete exploitation by nixing player jerseys and video games.
June 18, 2014
If the National Collegiate Athletic Association paid student-athletes to license their personas, the resulting competition among colleges for broadcast revenues to pay them would "cause chaos," the University of South Carolina's president testified for the NCAA on Wednesday in the athletes' class action antitrust trial against the association.
June 17, 2014
An "entitlement attitude" motivated student-athletes to challenge the National Collegiate Athletic Association's ban on players receiving compensation for the licensing of their personas, a University of Texas athletics director testified on Tuesday for the NCAA in the players' class action trial claiming that ban violates antitrust laws.
June 16, 2014
The National Collegiate Athletic Association's men's football and basketball programs aren't as amateur as the NCAA claims, an expert witness testified on Monday for the student athletes in their class action trial claiming the association's pact that bars compensating players for using their personas violates antitrust laws.
June 13, 2014
The National Collegiate Athletic Association makes billions of dollars annually from college sports, and there's little sign revenues would tank if players got some of that money, an expert witness for the athletes testified Friday in their class-action antitrust trial challenging the NCAA's ban on paying them to use their personas.
June 12, 2014
Former CBS Sports President Neal Pilson testified for the National Collegiate Athletic Association on Thursday that college sports fans would be "turned off" if the NCAA paid student athletes to license their personas, challenging the athletes' class action trial claims that the NCAA's compensation ban violates antitrust laws.
June 11, 2014
Ex-University of Alabama football star Tyrone Prothro on Wednesday testified in a class action trial against the National Collegiate Athletic Association that schoolwork took a backseat to his athletic obligations, rebutting the NCAA's claim that its licensing-pay pacts with members didn't violate antitrust laws because they protected players' amateur status.
June 10, 2014
An expert witness testifying Tuesday in student athletes' antitrust trial against the National Collegiate Athletic Association attacked the association's claim that its pacts with member colleges boost competition, saying they've led to the domination of basketball and football championships by a small number of teams.