Appeals Court issues ruling on O'Bannon Case

So the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued their ruling after reviewing the O'Bannon case, and this quote pretty much sums it up.

""In this case," it added, "the N.C.A.A.'s rules have been more restrictive than necessary to maintain its tradition of amateurism in support of the college sports market. The Rule of Reason requires that the N.C.A.A. permit its schools to provide up to the cost of attendance to their student athletes. It does not require more.""

In key the ruling reversed Judge Walker's earlier plan to allow up to 5k a year per player to be paid after leaving school for Name, Image, and Likeness rights used by the school during broadcasts and such.

2 Judges were the majority, the 3rd in his dissent agreed with the reasoning but argued that the NIL payments should have been retained.

In particular it also affirmed some of the growing body of law that says, yes the NCAA can be held to violate Anti-Trust laws, which is a shift and could have real effect on athlete collective rights.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/01/sports/obannon-ncaa-case-court-of-appeals-ruling.html?_r=1