In re NCAA Student-Athlete Name & Likeness Licensing Litigation

*997ORDER DENYING MOTIONS TO DISMISS

(Docket Nos. 856, 857, 858)

CLAUDIA WILKEN, United States District Judge

Plaintiffs, a group of current and former college athletes, pursue this putative class action against Defendant National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). They *998initially brought claims against Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC) and Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) as well, but recently agreed to settle those claims. Accordingly, this order only addresses Plaintiffs’ claims against the NCAA.

The NCAA moves to dismiss the antitrust claims from Plaintiffs’ Third Amended Consolidated Class Action…