NCAA Seeks Delay in O’Bannon Suit After Plaintiffs Move to Expand Class

The NCAA and its legal team asked a judge last week to delay the class-certification process in the Ed O'Bannon antitrust lawsuit.   Their rationale: the plaintiffs, who are former college athletes, have fundamentally changed their case by claiming that current players should be included.   O'Bannon, who is joined in the suit by such luminaries as Oscar Robertson and Bill Russell, filed their complaint three years ago, arguing that the NCAA, Collegiate Licensing Co., and Electronic Art