Judge Rules In Favor of O'Bannon, NCAA Violates Anti-Trust Law

[soonerfan1969]

i wonder how many non revenue producing sports will be eliminated because of this ruling. don't forget about "title 9" either, ladies gonna get paid also. could very easily come down to "if you spend 50 million on the men's sports, you got to spend 50 million on women's sports.

worst case scenario is the cost to attend college goes up for regular students, who then riot and burn down the colleges and your having heart surgery perfomed by a doctor with a tijuana doctors degree.

[JustAnotherGamer]

Are there any real lawyers out there?

The question I have is why is it $5000. There doesn't seem to be any logic to that. What is to stop another lawsuit trying to get rid of the $5K cap?

[Critical Kills]

Quote: Originally Posted by barsoffury

This is a big ruling and really a fair and positive one in my opinion but with appeals coming we are still a very long way away from NCAA video games coming back... The biggest thing is that we need the schools/conferences to jump back on board with EA or whoever before games are made again.

Everyone's assuming a lengthy appeals process...I think there's a high chance of a settlement versus a long appeals process...too much money being left on the table by dragging this out for both sides..

[JustAnotherGamer]

Quote: Originally Posted by soonerfan1969

i wonder how many non revenue producing sports will be eliminated because of this ruling. don't forget about "title 9" either, ladies gonna get paid also. could very easily come down to "if you spend 50 million on the men's sports, you got to spend 50 million on women's sports. worst case scenario is the cost to attend college goes up for regular students, who then riot and burn down the colleges and your having heart surgery perfomed by a doctor with a tijuana doctors degree.

i also wonder about the 90-100 teams that lose money playing football. competitively they can't NOT pay the players which means the cost will be passed on to students/tax payers.

How many non-revenue sports will be cut so that FB and BB can take up even more room?

[Critical Kills]

Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

Exactly. You know how many Winston jerseys FSU will sell now that they can put his name on it. Its a new stream of revenue and they can also increase the price of those jerseys. I wouldnt expect a game in 15 but I think 16 is a good shot. Gives the conferences time to get these likeness deals in place.

I agree, I think 2016 is when we have our game back...

[fballturkey]

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

Everyone's assuming a lengthy appeals process...I think there's a high chance of a settlement versus a long appeals process...too much money being left on the table by dragging this out for both sides..

I've read some speculation that because the ruling is pretty generous to the NCAA (allowing them to set limits at all, making them relatively low, and letting the money be placed in a trust) they may cut their losses and not risk a judge down the line deciding that they have no right to set any limits.

[Critical Kills]

Quote: Originally Posted by fballturkey

I've read some speculation that because the ruling is pretty generous to the NCAA (allowing them to set limits at all, making them relatively low, and letting the money be placed in a trust) they may cut their losses and not risk a judge down the line deciding that they have no right to set any limits.

Exactly right, I think 5k is a number that the schools can get behind...if they appeal it could get a worse number, or like you said, unlimited...

[JustAnotherGamer]

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

Exactly right, I think 5k is a number that the schools can get behind...if they appeal it could get a worse number, or like you said, unlimited...

If it such a good deal, why won't the players appeal? I can't see any logic behind the $5K cap…