Court Grants Stay in O’Bannon Case

Photo The court's decision delays colleges from offering athletes compensation for the commercial use of their names and likenesses for now. Credit Jae C. Hong/Associated Press In what could portend a victory for the college sports establishment and defenders of its amateur model, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday granted a stay of a federal judge’s finding last year in the so-called O’Bannon case, which found that N.C.A.A. rules preventing athletes from making money off television broadcasts and video games that feature the athletes violated antitrust law.

The appellate court specifically noted that the granting of the stay did not…