of new hampshire. >> ifill: michael mccann, welcome back to the "newshour".l us, at its core, what is this case about? >> at its core, the ed o'bannon case is about whether or not division 1 basketball players, students at the highest level, should be able to negotiate for their nairnlings image and likeness, when they're on television, when they're in archival video, when they're on web video, when they're in video games, when they're somehow related to apparel or trading cards, anything using their name, image and likeness, they're arguing they should be able to negotiate money for that, some type of compensation. under ncaa rules, they are barred from doing so. the ncaa has a system called amateurism which focuses on a sphark distinction between professional and amateur sports. o'bannon argues that distinction is flawed and it's in violation of antitrust law and the basic antitrust theory is that the ncaa and members have purportedly joined hans so the ncaa conferences, individual colleges to prevent them from negotiating and that's an anti-competitive mar

. >> mitchell mccann has been in close contact with his brother, michael, a firefighter and private contractor with sally port global. he says there has been no u.s. military support there. so may cal r me social media to focus more attention to their plight. he started a twitter # balad600, a reference to the number of u.s. contractors reportedly stranded there. michael made it to baghdad today, but communications hit another problem there. >> he was in balad he was able to access facebook and twitter, but in the city of baghdad, the government has blocked facebook and twitter. he just has text. >> right now michael is on his way to dubai, but it is not clear if all 600 contractors have made it out of the danger zone. abc7 news. >>> this next story you will see only on abc7 news. neighbors in san francisco's vernal heights are fed up with raw sewage flooding their homes and the city doing nothing about it. five homes have had problems since 2009. homeowners paid $20,000 each to replace floors, walls, ceilings and furniture.it happe it happened most recently last winter on two occasions. smell

. >> mitchell mccann has been in close contact with his brother, michael, a firefighter and private contractor with sally port global. he says there has been no u.s. military support there. so may cal resorted to social media to focus more attention to their plight. he started a twitter # balad600, a reference to the number of u.s. contractors reportedly stranded there. michael made it to baghdad today, but communications hit another problem there. >> he was in balad he was able to access facebook and twitter, but in the city of baghdad, the government has blocked facebook and twitter. he just has text. >> right now michael is on his way to dubai, but it is not clear if all 600 contractors have made it out of the danger zone. abc7 news. >>> this next story you will see only on abc7 news. neighbors in san francisco's vernal heights are fed up with raw sewage flooding their homes and the city doing nothing about it. five homes have had problems since 2009. homeowners paid $20,000 each to replace floors, walls, ceilings and furniture. it happened most recently last winter on two occasions. smelly

. >> mitchell mccann has been in close contact with his brother, michael, a firefighter and private contractor with sally port global. he says there has been no u.s. military support there. so may cal resorted to social media to focus more attention to their plight. he started a twitter # balad600, a reference to the number of u.s. contractors reportedly stranded there. michael made it to baghdad today, but communications hit another problem there. >> he was in balad he was able to access facebook and twitter, but in the city of baghdad, the government has blocked facebook and twitter. he just has text. >> right now michael is on his way to dubai, but it is not clear if all 600 contractors have made it out of the danger zone. abc7 news. >>> this next story you will see only on abc7 news. neighbors in san francisco's vernal heights are fed up with raw sewage flooding their homes and the city doing nothing about it. five homes have had problems since 2009. homeowners paid $20,000 each to replace floors, walls, ceilings and furniture. it happened most recently last winter on two occasions. smelly

. >> reporter: mitchell mccann has been in close contact with his brother michael, firefighter and private contractor with a company. hes says there has been no u.s. military support there so michael resorted to social media to focus more attention on their plight. he started a twitter #belad600, a reference to the number of u.s. contractors reportedry stranded there. michael made it to baghdad but communications hit another problem there. >> well, he was in ballad, he was able to access facebook and twitter but in the city of baghdad the government has blocked facebook and twitter. then he just has text. >> reporter: right now michael is on his way to dubai but it's not yet clear if all 600 contractors have made it out of the danger zone. >>> the next story you will only see here. neighbors in san francisco is fed up with raw stew wanlg flooding their home in the city doing nothing about it. five homes have had sewage problems since 2009. they pay $20,000 each to replace floors, wallings, ceilings, and furniture. >> i'm standing here bailing away. i'm in there and bailing away. you know,