Law Professors File Amicus Brief In Support of NCAA’s Appeal of O’Bannon

Fifteen law professors have filed an amicus brief with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in support of the NCAA in its bid to overturn a lower court’s ruling in O’Bannon. The professors, many of which are expert in antitrust law, claimed that District Judge Claudia Wilkin erred when she used the “less-restrictive alternative prong” of the relevant analysis in determining that the NCAA was in violation of antitrust law.   Besides the professors, several media organizations (CBS,