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NCAA on trial in concussion case of dead USC football player

10/22/2022 12:33:00 AM

The widow of a former University of Southern California football player who is suing the NCAA for failing to protect her husband from repetitive head trauma is taking her case to a Los Angeles jury

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The widow of a former University of Southern California football player who is suing the NCAA for failing to protect her husband from repetitive head trauma is taking her case to a Los Angeles jury Her husband died in 2018. The widow of a former University of Southern California football player who is suing the NCAA for failing to protect her husband from repetitive head trauma is taking her case to a Los Angeles jury Opening statements are scheduled for Friday in what could be a landmark case.Matt Gee was on the 1990 Rose Bowl-winning squad.Alana Gee says he took enough serious blows to the head to develop a degenerative brain disease that led to his death at 49 in 2018. “For years (the NCAA) has kept players like Matthew Gee and the public in the dark about an epidemic that was slowly killing college athletes,” the lawsuit said per the Associated Press. “Long after they played their last game, they are left with a series of neurological conditions that could slowly strangle their brains.” Read more:
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NCAA on trial in concussion case of dead USC football playerThe widow of a former University of Southern California football player suing the NCAA for failing to protect her husband from repetitive head trauma is taking her case to a Los Angeles jury NCAA on trial in concussion case of dead USC football playerBy BRIAN MELLEY The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The widow of a former University of Southern California football player suing the NCAA for failing to protect her husband from repetitive head t… NCAA on trial in concussion case of dead USC football playerThe widow of a former USC football player suing the NCAA for failing to protect her husband from repetitive head trauma is taking what could be a landmark case to a Los Angeles jury. NCAA on trial in concussion case of dead former USC football playerMatthew Gee died in 2018 from permanent brain damage caused by countless blows to the head he took while playing linebacker for the 1990 Rose Bowl winning team, according to the wrongful death suit filed by Alana Gee. NCAA on trial in concussion case of dead USC football player Matthew GeeThe widow of a former USC football player suing the NCAA for failing to protect her husband from repetitive head trauma is taking what could be a landmark case to a Los Angeles jury Friday. LOS ANGELES (AP) —  Opening statements are scheduled for Friday in what could be a landmark case.1 / 3 Copyright 2022 The Associated Press.By October 21, 2022 at 1:08 am EDT Expand NCAA Concussion Lawsuit In a photo provided by USC Athletics, former Southern California player Matthew Gee plays in an NCAA college football game.October 21, 2022 at 5:14 a. Matt Gee was on the 1990 Rose Bowl-winning squad. Alana Gee says he took enough serious blows to the head to develop a degenerative brain disease that led to his death at 49 in 2018. In a photo provided by USC Athletics, former Southern California player Matthew Gee plays in an NCAA college football game. “For years (the NCAA) has kept players like Matthew Gee and the public in the dark about an epidemic that was slowly killing college athletes,” the lawsuit said per the Associated Press. The suit filed by Gee's widow says the former USC linebacker died in 2018 from permanent brain damage caused by countless blows to the head he took while playing for the 1990 Rose Bowl-winning team. “Long after they played their last game, they are left with a series of neurological conditions that could slowly strangle their brains. 20, 2022, in what could become a landmark case.” This marks the second lawsuit ever against the NCAA to go to trial and could be the first of its kind to go to a jury. Matthew Gee died in 2018 from permanent brain damage caused by countless blows to the head he took while playing linebacker for the 1990 Rose Bowl winning team, according to the wrongful death suit filed by Alana Gee. A 2018 trial in Texas led to the NCAA swiftly settling with the widow of Greg Ploetz, who played for the Longhorns in the late 1960s. (USC Athletics via AP) LOS ANGELES – The widow of a former University of Southern California football player suing the NCAA for failing to protect her husband from repetitive head trauma is taking what could be a landmark case to a Los Angeles jury Friday. Of the hundreds of wrongful death and personal injury lawsuits brought by college football players against the NCAA in the past decade, Gee's is only the second to go to trial alleging that hits to the head led to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative brain disease. Matt Gee is one of five linebackers from the 1989 USC team to have died before turning 50. Along with his college teammate, Junior Seau, who killed himself in 2012, Boston University’s Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center found that both men had CTE. Of the hundreds of wrongful death and personal injury lawsuits brought by college football players against the NCAA in the past decade, Gee’s is only the second to go to trial alleging that hits to the head led to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative brain disease. A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association reported that the center had found CTE in 48 of 53 former college players. “Long after they played their last game, they are left with a series of neurological conditions that could slowly strangle their brains. The NCAA says it had nothing to do with Gee's death and his mental decline was from years of hard drinking. “For years (the NCAA) has kept players like Matthew Gee and the public in the dark about an epidemic that was slowly killing college athletes,” the lawsuit said.” The NCAA, the governing body of college athletics in the U. .