(from Inside Higher Ed) Growing alarm over football-related concussions has led to an avalanche of lawsuits against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and other organizations involved in college football. The claims, filed by plaintiffs who include the families of former college football players, seek damages for former players and allege many still bear the effects of concussions. In 2010, the NCAA required its member institutions to develop concussion management plans, but rising awareness of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in athletes has led to more lawsuits since that time.
There is also a broader effort to pursue a class-action suit that would force the NCAA to pay for medical expenses for treating brain injuries. Already, in 2014, the NCAA paid $75 million to settle a concussion-related class-action suit related to identifying symptoms associated with concussions or brian juries for athletes.
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