A federal judge in Ohio has dismissed a lawsuit that seeks compensation for thousands of former state athletes of the NCAA.
In his ruling, the main judge of the US district Sarah Morrison said that former field marshal of the state of Ohio, Terrelle Pryor, presented his proposed class action against the state of the NCAA, Ohio, the Big Ten and others too late.
Pryor, who played for Ohio State from 2008 to '10, sued the NCAA and other defendants in October, accusing them of violating the antimonopoly law by prohibiting members of the sports teams of the school to try to benefit from the commercial use of their names, images and similarities.
The plaintiffs generally face a four -year window to present claims under the antimonopoly law of the United States.
“Mr. Pryor knew the material facts that underlie his antitrust claims long before the period of four -year limitations had gone,” said Morrison.
The NCAA in a statement welcomed the judge's decision and said: “We hope that additional imitation cases will see the same result.”
The state of Ohio and the lawyers of the plaintiff did not immediately respond to the requests for comments.
Pryor said in the demand that the NCAA and others have continued to earn money with the use of their name, image and likeness through videos and other transmissions.
The former USC corridor, Reggie Bush, filed a similar lawsuit against the University, the NCAA and the PAC-12 in September, as a series of former Michigan stars against the NCAA and Big Ten.
Morrison ruled that the state of Ohio as a public school and the state arm was immune to demand.
The NCAA this year renewed its rules about compensation for university athletes, agreeing for the first time to allow schools to pay students directly.
As part of the historical agreement, the organization agreed to pay $ 2.8 billion to compensate thousands of current and previous athletes since 2016 for the commercial use of their names, images and similarities.
Reuters contributed to this report.
