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Bilas, a practicing attorney, former Duke basketball player and perpetual thorn in the NCAA's side, did something on Tuesday afternoon that exposed the organization's inherent hypocrisy in a way everyone -- including future jurors who know may know nothing about college athletics -- can understand.
ELLIS: ESPN's Jay Bilas takes NCAA store to task for profiting off player likenesses
All Bilas did was type Manziel's last name into a search bar. That search bar was located on the Shop page on NCAA.com. Guess what happened?
Bilas was taken to a page that contained links to buy Texas A&M jerseys emblazoned with the No. 2. Who wears No. 2? Why, Johnny Manziel, of course. But hasn't the NCAA been telling us for years that the organization and the schools it comprises don't profit off the names or likenesses of individual players? If that's the case, why would the name of a player be tied directly to the sale of that player's jersey on the NCAA's official web site?
Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/co...sey-ncaa-sales-manziel-clowney/#ixzz2bJMwGT5t
ELLIS: ESPN's Jay Bilas takes NCAA store to task for profiting off player likenesses
All Bilas did was type Manziel's last name into a search bar. That search bar was located on the Shop page on NCAA.com. Guess what happened?
Bilas was taken to a page that contained links to buy Texas A&M jerseys emblazoned with the No. 2. Who wears No. 2? Why, Johnny Manziel, of course. But hasn't the NCAA been telling us for years that the organization and the schools it comprises don't profit off the names or likenesses of individual players? If that's the case, why would the name of a player be tied directly to the sale of that player's jersey on the NCAA's official web site?
Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/co...sey-ncaa-sales-manziel-clowney/#ixzz2bJMwGT5t
