Late last year he brought in two veteran Texas Instruments managers to focus efforts on nearer-term products, such as microelectronic machine parts maybe several thousand nanometers across, to bring in some research money.
In the suit, O'Bannon and his supporters argue that athletes are crucial parts of a college-sports machine that is worth billions annually and that barring them from reaping some of those revenues violates the Sherman Antitrust Act by artificially fixing prices.