Student Athlete Fails in Bid to Use NCAA Bylaw to Squelch Implied Consent

A federal judge from the Central District of California has granted summary judgment to the operator of the Website of the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) athletic department in a case in which a student athlete claimed that the operator did not own his publicity rights.   In so ruling, the court found that plaintiff Yahchaaroah Lightbourne surrendered his legal rights when he signed the Student-Athlete Image Authorization form.   Lightbourne played college football at UTEP from