NCAA Suffers Setback in Defamation Case as Trial Looms

Attorneys representing a plaintiff, who is suing the NCAA for defamation in connection with statements made during the NCAA’s investigation of the University of Alabama football program, have recently picked up a legal victory in Alabama state court.   Specifically, Judge Wallace Haralson denied a motion by the NCAA, which had sought to exclude a former NCAA vice president and former chairman of the Division I Infractions Committee (1991-99) from testifying on behalf of the plaintiff. &nb