With all of the news a few weeks ago about the NFL concussion lawsuit settlement, it was amazing that more news was not devoted to its "sister" lawsuit against the NCAA. One of them has been going on for more than two years. See this link below for details on that suit:
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/writer/dennis-dodd/23222960/ncaa-considering-settlement-of-arrington-concussion-suit
The original lawsuit seeks class certification which would represent any college sports athlete who played in a NCAA-participating school. One of the named plaintiffs is a female, so it is not all about football.
Another lawsuit was filed in recent weeks seeking class certification for only those college football players who did not play in the NFL. Al.com posted a great article examining the differences in those lawsuits and the power struggle going on between the lawyers. See the below link for that article:
http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2013/09/ncaa_concussion_plaintiffs_dif.html#incart_river
With all of the heat the NCAA is taking in the O'Bannon case (see my numerous blogs related to that subject), the last thing the NCAA needs is more bad press and more lawsuits. Is the NCAA's days numbered? We'll know more when the Judges rule on the class cert motions in all of these respective lawsuits.
