Below is the first part of an article by Ted Johnson from variety.com. it reads...
ESPN, major broadcasters, athletic conferences and WME Entertainment and IMG Worldwide are seeking dismissal of a class action lawsuit filed by 10 college athletes, claiming profits from game telecasts using their names and likenesses without their permission.
A number of athletic conferences weighed in on Wednesday morning, asking that the lawsuit be dismissed for a simple reason: The athletes don’t have a right of publicity in sporting events.
The student athletes “erroneously assume that game participants have a right of publicity with respect to broadcasts of sporting events, and to advertisements for those broadcasts,” a group of athletic conferences, including the Southeastern Conference and the Big Ten, said in a brief filed in a federal court in Tennessee. “Apart from being inherently impractical (any single participant could hold out and prevent the broadcast), plaintiffs’ position has been rejected repeatedly by controlling legal authorities.”
Broadcasters and sports licensing agencies are expected to file motions for dismissal later on Wednesday.
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