The following is excerpted from Court Justice: The Inside Story of My Battle Against the NCAA by Ed O’Bannon with Michael McCann. Copyright © 2018 by Edward C. O'Bannon, Jr. and Michael A. McCann. Published by Diversion Books.
After the trial ended, plenty of people shared their views about my case. A number of current and former athletes emailed or tweeted at me to say thank you for standing up. It didn’t matter which sport they played or whether they were men or women. Sometimes it was former basketball players. Other times it was former volleyball or track athletes.