A federal decide in Ohio has dismissed a lawsuit in search of compensation for 1000’s of former Ohio State athletes from the NCAA.
In her ruling, Chief U.S. District Decide Sarah Morrison mentioned former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor filed his proposed class motion in opposition to the NCAA, Ohio State, the Huge Ten and others too late.
Pryor, who performed for Ohio State from 2008 to 2010, sued the NCAA and different defendants in October, accusing them of violating antitrust regulation by barring members of the college’s sports activities groups from in search of to revenue from the industrial use of their names, photographs and likenesses.
Plaintiffs typically face a four-year window to deliver claims beneath U.S. antitrust regulation.
“Mr. Pryor knew the fabric info underlying his antitrust claims lengthy earlier than the four-year limitations interval had run,” Morrison mentioned.
The NCAA in a press release welcomed the decide’s ruling and mentioned “we’re hopeful that extra copycat instances will see the identical consequence.”
Ohio State and attorneys for the plaintiff didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
Pryor mentioned within the lawsuit that the NCAA and others have continued to make cash from using his title, picture and likeness by movies and different broadcasts.
Former USC operating again Reggie Bush filed a similar lawsuit in opposition to the college, the NCAA and the Pac-12 in September, as plenty of former Michigan stars against the NCAA and Big Ten.
Morrison dominated that Ohio State as a public college and arm of the state was immune from the lawsuit.
The NCAA this yr revamped its guidelines over compensation for faculty athletes, agreeing for the primary time to permit faculties to pay college students instantly.
As a part of the landmark settlement, the group agreed to pay $2.8 billion to compensate 1000’s of present and former athletes since 2016 for the industrial use of their names, photographs and likenesses.
Reuters contributed to this report.