Former football players sue NCAA over concussions
Source: AP
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) Three former college football players are suing the NCAA, saying it failed to educate them about the risks of concussions and did not do enough to prevent, diagnose and treat brain injuries.
Chris Walker and Ben Martin, who played for Tennessee from 2007-2011, and Dan Ahern, who played for North Carolina State from 1972-76, filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Wednesday.
The complaint alleges the NCAA failed to meet its obligation to former players and because of its neglect the players are "suffering the dramatic consequences." The lawsuit seeks an NCAA to fund a medical-monitoring program for former football players.
The lawsuit is similar to one filed in federal court against the NCAA in 2011 in Illinois. Attorneys in that case recently asked a judge to make it a class-action suit.
Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/former-football-players-sue-ncaa-over-concussions
monmouth3
(3,871 posts)isn't your game..
QSkier
(30 posts)the last few years about this type of brain injury, both among professional football players and from high school and college athletes.
This is not something like smoking where the risks have been known for 50+ years.
Although I doubt the suits will result in great settlements, it is time supporters of the sport woke up to the nature and scope of injuries that may be out there among those who played American football.
Any wake-up call on this is a good one, even if it takes the form a lawsuits, IMO.
olddad56
(5,732 posts)GeorgeGist
(25,323 posts)isn't yours.
monmouth3
(3,871 posts)alp227
(32,052 posts)Especially in places like the Rust Belt where the manufacturing jobs have disappeared and it's either work at Wal-Mart or go to college and get outta here.
monmouth3
(3,871 posts)football. It seems to me a big gamble.
CreekDog
(46,192 posts)or didn't you read the article?
monmouth3
(3,871 posts)CreekDog
(46,192 posts)that's the premise of your initial response.
what it seems like is that you posted that these suing players should've known better because we all know the dangers now of brain injuries in football, but they played as long as 40 years ago --are you saying they should have known then, when they were in their late teens, what we know now about the risks of brain injuries.
but i'm the one being obtuse.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)that's all. Hit in the head enough, concussion. Logic. Play football long enough, damage. It's a brutal sport, sport.
xynthee
(477 posts)They're not allowed to make a dime while they're in school, and now they're brain-damaged for the rest of their lives, so these greedy football schools need to cough it up. It wasn't widely known how permanently concussions damage the brain until fairly recently. The NFL knew about it and covered it up, so it stands to reason that the despicable sports programs at these schools knew about and covered it up, too.
CreekDog
(46,192 posts)and how much of that was known by high school aged kids in the 1970's?
LuckyLib
(6,819 posts)It's all there. It's a bit late to realize you put your physical and mental health at risk, then try to collect.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)Or the NCAA who sanctioned and made plenty of money off these young men?
I see no problem with suing the NCAA as well as the NFL.
More than one retired NFL player has committed suicide by shooting themselves in the heart so their brain would be intact for the brain researchers.