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Entertainment & Sports

Oct. 29, 2013

Judge refuses to dismiss student-athletes' lawsuit against NCAA

Former and current college athletes can proceed with their claims the NCAA conspired with video game company Electronic Arts Inc. and Collegiate Licensing Company to restrain competition for the use of their names and likenesses in video games and television broadcasts.

By Hadley Robinson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Former and current college athletes can proceed with their claims the NCAA conspired with video game company Electronic Arts Inc. and Collegiate Licensing Company to restrain competition for the use of their names and likenesses in video games and television broadcasts. U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken found none of the NCAA's arguments - that the plaintiffs' case is merely a challenge to the athletic organization's amateurism ...

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