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In 2009, Ed O'Bannon put together a class action lawsuit against the NCAA for its improper use of former and current athlete names and likenesses.
Four years later, the case is nowhere near resolution. Don't expect it to end any time soon, either.The NCAA has declared that they will "take this all the way to the Supreme Court if they have to", according to comments made to a report in USA Today.
They have also dug themselves in for an extended legal fight, having retained the services of two new legal firms -- one to handle the trial, and another to handle appeals.
All of this is part of an ongoing debate on how to properly compensate student-athletes -- or whether or not they should be compensated at all. The general thinking among colleges and athletic directors is that payment would ruin the amateurism aspect of college athletics. Just yesterday, the Division I Athletic Directors put out a statement slamming the potential of a 'pay for play' solution, and Big Ten commissioner Jim Delaney pitched a plan of his own this morning, suggesting that the NFL needed its own minor league.
Big changes are sure to come in the way the NCAA handles this issue, but it doesn't look like the debate will be resolved any time soon, considering the need to fund men and women's sports equally and the financial disparity that exists between large and small schools.
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