August 5, 2005

Judge Dismisses Charges by Coaches Against NCAA

By JAMIE SCHUMAN

If you roam the sidelines in a college sports arena, consider yourself in the public eye.

In a July decision that could affect college coaches nationwide, a judge in Alabama threw out all remaining charges in a defamation lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association on the grounds that both plaintiffs, who are former football coaches at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, are public figures.

Judge Thomas S. Wilson, of the Tuscaloosa County Circuit Court,

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