Final submissions in O’Bannon case due by July 10.

 The trial phase of the Ed O’Bannon class action antip-trust lawsuit against the NCAA is finally over.

  But it may mid-August before U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken rules on the case.

  Both sides must submit closing arguments by July 10. 

   It is likely there will be an appeal, no matter how the judge decides.

   The plaintiffs are seeking an injunction that would would allow players to make group licensing deals with a school, conference, telecaster or video game manufacturer for the use of their names, images and likenesses. It would allow for deferred compensation to be paid “through a trust fund payable upon expiration of athletic eligibility or graduation.” In addition, it would allow players to receive compensation for “third-party endorsements” as long their school approves.

   NCAA President Mark Emmert testified during the trial that amateurism is the core of college athletics, arguing any effort to pay players would destroy a framework that has been in place for more than a century and cause many schools to either abandon sports or refuse to play other schools that do pay.

   “They want to know everyone is playing by the same rules,” Emmert said. “They want to know the other teams consist of student athletes just like them.”