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NCAA requests resolution to O'Bannon appeal by August 2015

The NCAA may have lost the initial judgement in the Ed O'Bannon lawsuit, but the fight is far from over. The NCAA has already appealed the decision by U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken that said the NCAA broke antitrust laws by using players' likenesses and images without compensation, and now both sides have a specific timeline for the appeal.

The NCAA and the O'Bannon plaintiffs requested Friday that the federal court of appeals make a decision on the case prior to Aug. 1 2015. That day is significant because it's when an injunction put in place by Wilken that would allow school's to pay deferred compensation to players would go into effect.

Should that day come to pass without a resolution in the case, the NCAA believes it would see a drastic change to college sports (via CBS Sports):

The NCAA contends that if this appeal is not resolved by that date, then absent a stay the NCAA and its member will, in the NCAA's words, be forced to make fundamental changes to the administration of collegiate athletics and to their relationship with student-athletes. Plaintiffs disagree vigorously that the injunction will present a disruption but are nevertheless amenable to a briefing and argument schedule that would permit both to be completed by April or May 2015.

The sides are currently set to begin the appeal process with the NCAA's opening brief slated for Nov. 29, however they both proposed Friday that date be moved up to Nov. 14. While the two sides can't agree on much, it does look like it's in the best interest of each to get a verdict sooner rather than later.

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