{"id":2117,"date":"2018-11-01T17:59:42","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T21:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jsel\/?p=2117"},"modified":"2023-07-25T11:44:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T15:44:05","slug":"fantasy-sports-score-in-indiana-supreme-court-battle-over-ncaa-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jsel\/2018\/11\/fantasy-sports-score-in-indiana-supreme-court-battle-over-ncaa-access\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantasy Sports Score in Indiana Supreme Court Battle over NCAA Access"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jsel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2018\/11\/Manhattan_College_Basketball.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2118\" src=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jsel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2018\/11\/Manhattan_College_Basketball-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jsel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2018\/11\/Manhattan_College_Basketball-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jsel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2018\/11\/Manhattan_College_Basketball-768x485.jpg 768w, https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jsel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2018\/11\/Manhattan_College_Basketball-1024x646.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jsel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2018\/11\/Manhattan_College_Basketball.jpg 1901w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a victory for daily fantasy sports operators DraftKings and FanDuel, the Indiana Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/sports\/articles\/1095535\/college-athletes-info-is-newsworthy-ind-justices-say\">ruled<\/a> last week that the names, likenesses, and statistical information of college athletes are newsworthy and may be used without players\u2019 permission.<\/p>\n<p>A group of NCAA athletes <a href=\"https:\/\/1.next.westlaw.com\/Document\/I99b6bab0d7d711e8a99cca37ea0f7dc8\/View\/FullText.html?navigationPath=Search%2Fv1%2Fresults%2Fnavigation%2Fi0ad604ab00000166c5cb4b8f1e1b605d%3FNav%3DCASE%26fragmentIdentifier%3DI99b6bab0d7d711e8a99cca37ea0f7dc8%26startIndex%3D1%26contextData%3D%2528sc.Search%2529%26transitionType%3DSearchItem&amp;listSource=Search&amp;listPageSource=18dfa84caf098b6ad73028a98f288428&amp;list=ALL&amp;rank=1&amp;sessionScopeId=99ca43db64335ef1a93df9d21c9fc3c4c8376b3a0e10e4fa683927d73e040f30&amp;originationContext=Search%20Result&amp;transitionType=SearchItem&amp;contextData=%28sc.Search%29\">sued<\/a> DraftKings and FanDuel on the basis that players should be paid for the use of their information. The court ruled for the defendants because of the newsworthiness <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apnews.com\/fe8ebd0466f743859ddfad656dedcc70\">exception<\/a> to Indiana\u2019s right-of-publicity law. According to the justices, the use of player information by fantasy sports operators \u201cbears resemblance to the same information in newspapers and websites across the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although the court sought to keep its ruling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/sports\/articles\/1095535\/college-athletes-info-is-newsworthy-ind-justices-say\">narrow<\/a>, the decision may have ramifications in other states that have similar right-of-publicity laws. It is also unknown as to what impact, if any, the decision may have on the future of NCAA sports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalsportsreport.com\/25251\/draftkings-fanduel-indiana-fanasy-sports-lawsuit\/\">betting<\/a> or a possible resurrection of NCAA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightofpublicityroadmap.com\/news-commentary\/fanduel-wins-again-uses-athletes-fantasy-sports-held-newsworthy\">video games<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Thomas \u201cBuddy\u201d Bardenwerper<\/em><em>\u00a0is an Entertainment Highlight Contributor for the Harvard Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law and a current first year student at Harvard Law School (Class of 2021)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/User:Trollness\">Trollness<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Manhattan_College_Basketball.jpg\">Manhattan College Basketball<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/legalcode\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a victory for daily fantasy sports operators DraftKings and FanDuel, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled last week that the names, likenesses, and statistical information of college athletes are newsworthy and may be used without players\u2019 permission. A group of NCAA athletes sued DraftKings and FanDuel on the basis that players should be paid for 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