NCAA might be liable for your concussion-related injuries

If you have suffered physical or psychological harm as a consequence of head injuries while playing college sports on a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) regulated team, you could be entitled to monetary compensation.

Concussions occur on a regular basis on the playing field—in all NCAA sports, not just football—and a lot of them go undetected. Coaches and team staff members may have been improperly trained to detect concussions and protect their players from the consequences. If concussions are not treated correctly, short and long term symptoms such as Headaches, Dizziness, Dementia, Depression, Fatigue, Anxiety, Thoughts of Suicide and many others may ensue. The responsibility of creating a specific and detailed safety guideline to protect student-athletes from these serious conditions is on the NCAA, the entity in charge of the players’ safety.

The National Football League (NFL) has already established a strong initiative to address this issue and try to make former players whole, so why hasn’t the NCAA followed their lead? The NCAA is responsible for athletes on many more disciplines than the NFL and has failed to properly protect all of them.

Concussions are not only suffered by football players, but also by students participating in other sports, such as baseball, softball, soccer, lacrosse, basketball, skiing, wrestling, gymnastics and possibly all other NCAA regulated athletics. The failure to establish a proper concussion protocol conceivably makes the NCAA liable to the athletes participating in all of those sports.

The NCAA has long ignored this recurring issue and it’s time for them to take responsibility for their inactions. Here, at Arguello Law Firm we will help you hold the NCAA responsible. If you played any college sport on a Division I, II, or III team and have suffered complications due to a possibly misdiagnosed concussion, give us a call. You might be entitled to compensation.

College Athletics should have been the source of your joy, not the source of your suffering.