What to Make of Martin Jenkins et al v. NCAA in Light of O’Bannon

By Jeff Birren   It is undeniable that law students across the country are currently preparing law review articles on the Ninth Circuit ruing in Ed O’Bannon v. NCAA (802 F. 3d 1049, (9th Cir. 9-30-15). The Supreme Court did not reject the NCAA’s cert. petition under October 2016 so the case is ripe for sports law professors and law students to debate. However, even as that case is analyzed and argued about, the legal impact of that ruling continues to be thrashed out in Martin Jenkins v