NCAA President Mark Emmert "will testify during the trial of the Ed O'Bannon lawsuit relating to the names, images and likenesses of college athletes," according to court filings cited by Jon Solomon of CBSSPORTS.com. The O'Bannon plaintiffs identified Emmert, former NCAA VP & Senior Advisor to the President Wally Renfro and NCAA VP/Division I David Berst as "witnesses they want to appear live," and all three are "scheduled to testify for the defense at the June 9 trial in Oakland." The document was "part of hundreds of documents filed in pretrial motions as the trial date approaches." The filings also "revealed disagreement about whether the NCAA should be allowed to call" former Nike, adidas and Reebok exec Sonny Vaccaro -- a "longtime and vocal critic of the NCAA" -- to testify (CBSSPORTS.com, 5/14).
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ED O'BANNON LAWSUIT WITNESS LISTS
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| PLAINTIFFS' WITNESSES |
DEFENDANT'S (NCAA) WITNESSES |
| NCAA President Mark Emmert |
Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany |
| Former NCAA VP & Senior Advisor to the President Wally Renfro |
Conference USA Commissioner
Britton Banowsky |
| NCAA VP/Division I David Berst |
Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman |
Former UCLA basketball player
Ed O'Bannon |
South Carolina President Harris Pastides |
| Basketball HOFer Bill Russell |
Former Fresno State President
John Welty |
| Basketball HOFer Oscar Robertson |
Michigan AD Dave Brandon |
EA Sports Exec VP/Business & Legal Affairs
Joel Linzner |
Michigan State AD Mark Hollis |
Former EA Sports VP/Marketing
Jordan Edelstein |
Stanford AD Bernard Muir |
| Author Taylor Branch |
Texas women's AD Christine Plonsky |
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SEC Exec Associate Commissioner
Greg Sankey |
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Maryland AD Kevin Anderson |
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Horizon League Commissioner
Jonathan LeCrone |
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NCAA VP/Membership & Academic Affairs Kevin Lennon |
