Sporting News  Four reasons why there will be no O'Bannon-NCAA
lawsuit settlement  Mark Lewis, the NCAA’s executive vice
president for championships and alliances, had strong words
regarding the prospect of avoiding a trial in the Ed O’Bannon
case for CBS Sports’s Dennis Dodd:  We’ve all drawn our swords.
O'Bannon (AP)  Most of the questions regarding a settlement have
been for the NCAA. The lawsuit has gone so poorly for the
association that surviving a summary judgment motion as the
defendant was a significant victory.  Winning on the damages
class certification motion seems like a miracle. Why not get out
of this case, avoid a trial on hostile territory, and live to
fight another day?  The answer is more complex than the NCAA
simply being stubborn, too attached to amateurism, or even evil.
Numerous factors made an early settlement unlikely and have made
a last-minute agreement to avoid a trial impossible.  1. The
O’Bannon case is not just about recovery  From its inception,
the O’Bannon case was not simp