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Entertainment & Sports,
Civil Litigation

Jun. 16, 2020

Student-athletes sue for right to profit from name and image

Student-athletes accused the NCAA of illegally restricting their right to profit off of their name, image and likeness in a proposed antitrust class action filed Monday in Oakland federal court.

Student-athletes accused the NCAA of illegally restricting their right to profit off of their name, image and likeness in a proposed antitrust class action filed Monday in Oakland federal court.

The players seek to overturn association-wide rules that limit how much money they can make from their "personal brands" and claw back potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in television-rights contracts and social media earnings, acc...

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