O'Bannon takes the stand

[NCHawker]

It's underway folx.

http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2014/...d-in-landmark-ncaa-lawsuit/?intcmp=latestnews

 

[hawkfan340]

This guy didn't pull any punches. Seems more damning than anything O'bannon said.

Also on the stand Monday was a Stanford economics and antitrust expert, who testified the NCAA acts as a cartel by fixing the price of scholarships for athletes and not allowing them to make any more money by prohibiting them from selling their names, images or likenesses (NILs) either as individuals or groups. Roger Noll said every expert opinion he's seen over the last 30 years agrees the NCAA violates antitrust laws by paying nothing for the rights and imposing rules that would punish athletes for trying to profit from their NILs.

"Every single one of them reaches the same conclusion," Noll said. "The source of its market power is rules and restrictions regarding benefits that can be provided to student-athletes combined with rewards and punishments it can offer for being able to participate in NCAA sports. It's called a cartel."

 

[uihawk82]

Good, I would like it to get cleaned up some from the NCAA going down.

A few years ago the sh#t hit the fan with all this exorbitant money in the bowl game business. we all knew there were a lot of shady bowl game deals and a lot of money but not quite the amounts they threw out there.

Same way with the control of the NCAA, they bank a ton of cash and it is time to pay more to all the athletes whether in the form of food stipends or whatever, travel stipends since so many of them think they have to work out in the off season.