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zincfinger
Gert Frobe-approved
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OHSportsFan
Fan of Ohio Sports in Indy
A-Rodge not helping the NFL's case right now
(Nirvana quote, fyi but still funny)
(Nirvana quote, fyi but still funny)
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Zurp
I have misplaced my pants.
http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2016/...d-hilarity-on-twitter-with-deep-thoughts.html
It looks like they're giving the credit to Jack Handey. So did Jack Handey rip off Nirvana or did Nirvana rip off Jack Handey?
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Next wave of concussion lawsuits hits conferences, and for Penn State, schools
Former college football players at Penn State, Auburn, Georgia, Oregon, Utah and Vanderbilt are suing the NCAA, their former conference and -- in some instances -- their former school over how their concussions were treated.
Six class-action lawsuits filed Tuesday represent the start of the next wave of concussion litigation in college sports, even as the NCAA finalizes a $75 million settlement from a different lawsuit related to concussions. Chicago attorney Jay Edelson, who is leading this latest effort to sue the NCAA, said 40 to 50 class-action lawsuits will eventually get filed on behalf of tens of thousands of ex-football players.
"The goal of the suits is to get people who are injured financial compensation -- something that hasn't happened as of yet," Edelson said.
A federal judge in Illinois gave preliminary approval in January to the NCAA's settlement from a 2011 lawsuit brought by former Eastern Illinois football player Adrian Arrington over how the association handled concussions. The judge had one significant caveat: Athletes could still sue their university, conference and the NCAA as a class under certain terms, meaning the NCAA didn't receive the blanket immunity it sought.
Edelson fought the Arrington settlement for two years because he said it changed from a lawsuit about personal injuries into one strictly about medical monitoring. Under the proposed Arrington settlement, the NCAA will create a $70 million fund to test thousands of current and former athletes for brain trauma and put aside $5 million for concussion research. The settlement doesn't pay medical costs for ex-players suffering from brain injuries. Arrington, one of the named plaintiffs, opposed the settlement and other plaintiffs signed off on it.
Edelson's current batch of lawsuits tries to include groups of ex-players at individual schools going back 50 to 60 years until 2010. The end date is 2010 because that's when the NCAA passed legislation requiring schools to have a concussion management plan and return-to-play protocols.
ENtire article: http://www.cbssports.com/college-fo...s-hits-conferences-and-for-penn-state-schools
Former college football players at Penn State, Auburn, Georgia, Oregon, Utah and Vanderbilt are suing the NCAA, their former conference and -- in some instances -- their former school over how their concussions were treated.
Six class-action lawsuits filed Tuesday represent the start of the next wave of concussion litigation in college sports, even as the NCAA finalizes a $75 million settlement from a different lawsuit related to concussions. Chicago attorney Jay Edelson, who is leading this latest effort to sue the NCAA, said 40 to 50 class-action lawsuits will eventually get filed on behalf of tens of thousands of ex-football players.
"The goal of the suits is to get people who are injured financial compensation -- something that hasn't happened as of yet," Edelson said.
A federal judge in Illinois gave preliminary approval in January to the NCAA's settlement from a 2011 lawsuit brought by former Eastern Illinois football player Adrian Arrington over how the association handled concussions. The judge had one significant caveat: Athletes could still sue their university, conference and the NCAA as a class under certain terms, meaning the NCAA didn't receive the blanket immunity it sought.
Edelson fought the Arrington settlement for two years because he said it changed from a lawsuit about personal injuries into one strictly about medical monitoring. Under the proposed Arrington settlement, the NCAA will create a $70 million fund to test thousands of current and former athletes for brain trauma and put aside $5 million for concussion research. The settlement doesn't pay medical costs for ex-players suffering from brain injuries. Arrington, one of the named plaintiffs, opposed the settlement and other plaintiffs signed off on it.
Edelson's current batch of lawsuits tries to include groups of ex-players at individual schools going back 50 to 60 years until 2010. The end date is 2010 because that's when the NCAA passed legislation requiring schools to have a concussion management plan and return-to-play protocols.
ENtire article: http://www.cbssports.com/college-fo...s-hits-conferences-and-for-penn-state-schools
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Muck
Enjoy Every Sandwich
Congressional report says NFL waged improper campaign to influence government study
Hopefully the NFL's attempts to keep all of this under wraps will eventually bite it in the ass.
Hopefully the NFL's attempts to keep all of this under wraps will eventually bite it in the ass.
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When partisan bickering and the misappropriation of tens of millions of dollars by lobbyists leaves John Q Taxpayer stuck paying the check, getting congress involved to provide some oversight seems like a really swell idea.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Brother of only two-time Heisman winner suing Big Ten, NCAA over concussions
Well this has the potential to make Griffin family uncomfortable and/or awkward.
Ohio State running back Archie Griffin (pictured, right) is the only two-time Heisman Trophy winner in the award’s history, and is still connected to the university as the president of The Ohio State University Alumni Association. Griffin’s brother, Ray Griffin (pictured, left), also played his college football for the Buckeyes, and therein lies the basis for his ascension into a headline.
According to the Columbus Dispatch and The Lantern, OSU’s student newspaper, Ray Griffin is one of four former college football players who have filed lawsuits against the Big Ten and the NCAA. Griffin’s lawsuit alleges that those two institutions, as well as OSU, failed to protect student-athletes according to The Association’s own Constitution, especially as it pertains to the area of concussions.
OSU is not named as a defendant in the suit, but is the subject of harsh language within it. From the student paper:
The lawsuit also states that until 2010, OSU “completely ignored” the guideline and any concussion safety protocols, and neither the NCAA nor the Big Ten “enforced” the statement in the guideline referring to the removal of an unconscious player permanently from the game or practice the injury occurred in.
Entire article: http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/
Well this has the potential to make Griffin family uncomfortable and/or awkward.
Ohio State running back Archie Griffin (pictured, right) is the only two-time Heisman Trophy winner in the award’s history, and is still connected to the university as the president of The Ohio State University Alumni Association. Griffin’s brother, Ray Griffin (pictured, left), also played his college football for the Buckeyes, and therein lies the basis for his ascension into a headline.
According to the Columbus Dispatch and The Lantern, OSU’s student newspaper, Ray Griffin is one of four former college football players who have filed lawsuits against the Big Ten and the NCAA. Griffin’s lawsuit alleges that those two institutions, as well as OSU, failed to protect student-athletes according to The Association’s own Constitution, especially as it pertains to the area of concussions.
OSU is not named as a defendant in the suit, but is the subject of harsh language within it. From the student paper:
The lawsuit also states that until 2010, OSU “completely ignored” the guideline and any concussion safety protocols, and neither the NCAA nor the Big Ten “enforced” the statement in the guideline referring to the removal of an unconscious player permanently from the game or practice the injury occurred in.
Entire article: http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/
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cincibuck
You kids stay off my lawn!
1996 lawsuit against Snohomish School District near Seattle ended in a 6.25M settlement in 1999. Immediate impact - price of Riddel helmets shot way up and all Ohio HS coaches had to take an all day seminar on athletic injuries and become certified in cpr.
While 6.25 seems excessive, given that the student would spend the rest of his life requiring intensive care, I'm not sure that he wouldn't run out of money.
Push that forward to today and the deep pockets some schools and the NCAA have and 6.25 could seem minuscule. This suit could well be the end of the game.
While 6.25 seems excessive, given that the student would spend the rest of his life requiring intensive care, I'm not sure that he wouldn't run out of money.
Push that forward to today and the deep pockets some schools and the NCAA have and 6.25 could seem minuscule. This suit could well be the end of the game.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Brother of only two-time Heisman winner suing Big Ten, NCAA over concussions
Well this has the potential to make Griffin family uncomfortable and/or awkward.
Ohio State running back Archie Griffin (pictured, right) is the only two-time Heisman Trophy winner in the award’s history, and is still connected to the university as the president of The Ohio State University Alumni Association. Griffin’s brother, Ray Griffin (pictured, left), also played his college football for the Buckeyes, and therein lies the basis for his ascension into a headline.
According to the Columbus Dispatch and The Lantern, OSU’s student newspaper, Ray Griffin is one of four former college football players who have filed lawsuits against the Big Ten and the NCAA. Griffin’s lawsuit alleges that those two institutions, as well as OSU, failed to protect student-athletes according to The Association’s own Constitution, especially as it pertains to the area of concussions.
OSU is not named as a defendant in the suit, but is the subject of harsh language within it. From the student paper:
The lawsuit also states that until 2010, OSU “completely ignored” the guideline and any concussion safety protocols, and neither the NCAA nor the Big Ten “enforced” the statement in the guideline referring to the removal of an unconscious player permanently from the game or practice the injury occurred in.
Entire article: http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/
Why Archie Griffin's brother is suing NCAA, Big Ten over concussions
Ray Griffin wants people to understand what football did to his brain
Former Ohio State All-American Ray Griffin, the younger brother of two-time Heisman Trophy winner Archie Griffin, claims his life began going downhill after he suffered a concussion as a junior in college.
In an interview with CBS Sports, Griffin said he became "a different person" in future years, including getting involved with drugs and alcohol and making "major mistakes" in his life. For the longest time, Griffin said, he didn't understand why he acted that way. He believes he now knows.
According to Griffin, his recent participation in a Boston University study showed the odds are "extremely high" that he has chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease linked with repetitive brain trauma. For now, CTE can only be diagnosed after a person dies.
"I thank God I'm alive today," Griffin said. "For the longest time I was preoccupied with dying and now I know why. I was always thinking, 'I'm going to die. I'm going to die. I'm not going to get that far.' My depression was so bad I could just cry. I'd be driving in the car and just bust out crying."
This month, Griffin became arguably the highest-profile player to legally challenge college football over how the game once handled concussions. Four more class-action lawsuits were recently filed in an attempt to get money for ex-college players who claim they're suffering from injuries related to head trauma.
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Griffin is an example of an ex-NFL player now suing college football governing bodies after likely not getting paid from the NFL settlement. A plaintiff in the NFL litigation, Griffin said he doesn't think he will get an award based on his current diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment.
The NFL reached a $900 million settlement with more than 5,000 retired players. Players diagnosed with certain neurological disorders can receive payments of up to $5 million each. Critics complain the settlement doesn't provide awards for players who are later diagnosed with CTE. An appellate court that upheld the settlement noted there's no current way to test for CTE in the living, and many symptoms associated with the disease -- such as memory loss -- are eligible for compensation.
"Guys like me, we were not represented in the (NFL) case," said Griffin, who is part of a study that could soon allow living people to be diagnosed with CTE. "They had all my medical records. They knew my symptoms, and most guys in the NFL are just like me."
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Entire article: http://www.cbssports.com/college-fo...other-is-suing-ncaa-big-ten-over-concussions/
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
NEW RISKS SURFACE. While CTE has been a huge talking point of late regarding the risks of playing football and other contact sports, new research suggests those sports may increase the risk of another brain disorder unrelated to CTE.
From USAToday.com:
Researchers from the Boston University School of Medicine and the VA Boston Healthcare System reported in the study -- published in the Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology -- that contact sports participants may face an increased risk of Lewy Body Disease, which can trigger Parkinson’s disease. The development of Lewy Body Disease appears to suggest that it is independent of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), the degenerative brain disease linked to repetitive head impacts.
To quote a wise man, I fear one day our children look back on football the way we now look at cigarettes.
At the same time, I sincerely believe the game is safer than it's ever been and is getting safer every day. To what extent – I don't know for sure. I do think these new discoveries, while frightening, are absolutely vital to ensuring the game's survival. You can't make the game safer when you don't know all the risks and consequences.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/skull-sessions/2018/07/94617/skull-session-ohio-state-football
From USAToday.com:
Researchers from the Boston University School of Medicine and the VA Boston Healthcare System reported in the study -- published in the Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology -- that contact sports participants may face an increased risk of Lewy Body Disease, which can trigger Parkinson’s disease. The development of Lewy Body Disease appears to suggest that it is independent of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), the degenerative brain disease linked to repetitive head impacts.
To quote a wise man, I fear one day our children look back on football the way we now look at cigarettes.
At the same time, I sincerely believe the game is safer than it's ever been and is getting safer every day. To what extent – I don't know for sure. I do think these new discoveries, while frightening, are absolutely vital to ensuring the game's survival. You can't make the game safer when you don't know all the risks and consequences.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/skull-sessions/2018/07/94617/skull-session-ohio-state-football
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