Thirty-seven former Ohio State athletes, including ex-football players, filed a Title IX lawsuit against the school Wednesday, the latest federal lawsuit that alleges sexual abuse by former team doctor Richard Strauss. He served in various roles in his 20 years at Ohio State, including more than a decade as a team doctor. According to the lawsuit, some athletes reported Strauss’ abuse to former …
Clouds pass above The Ohio State University’s football stadium, Saturday, May 18, 2019, in Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Richard Strauss, a now-dead Ohio State team doctor sexually abused at least 177 male students from the 1970s through the 1990s, and numerous university officials got wind of what was going on over the years but did little or nothing to stop him, according to a report released by the …
The National Football League (NFL) has long been accused of ignoring the damaging effects of brain injuries on its players. Even though they were presented with evidence of the risks of repetitive traumatic brain injuries many years ago, they did not share the information with players, concealed some information and did not take enough steps to prevent further injuries including NFL concussion …
Baylor University has moved to dismiss the Title IX lawsuit that alleges 52 rapes were committed by 31 football players from 2011 to 2014, according to the Waco Tribune. The lawsuit says Baylor’s football team had “the most widespread culture of sexual violence and abuse of women ever in a collegiate athletic program.” Former football players Tre’Von Armstead and Shamycheal “Myke” Chatman were …
In January of 2015, the NCAA voted to let its major conferences broaden their definition of “college scholarship”—allowing them to give their athletes a small cost-of-attendance stipend for travel and other expenses, in addition to tuition and room and board. Now, thanks to a new $208 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit, some college athletes who played before those cost-of-attendance …
Earlier this week, former Baylor football assistant Colin Shillinglaw filed a lawsuit against the school, alleging that his firing in the fallout from Baylor’s massive sexual-assault scandal was unjust. Shillinglaw sued Baylor for libel and slander, just like former coach Art Briles did in his recently dismissed lawsuit. Several Baylor regents hit back today with their response in court.
Christoper Seeger, who represented former N.F.L. players in a concussion settlement, outside of the United States Courthouse in Philadelphia in 2014. The Supreme Court declined to review the case on Monday. …
The families of two former University of Texas at Austin football players are suing the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Big 12 Conference claiming the two men suffered traumatic brain injury, early onset and end stage Alzheimer’s disease and death caused by repeated traumatic head impacts related to playing football. The new lawsuit, which is asking for …
The families of two UT football players have filed a new, class-action lawsuit against the NCAA and the Big 12 for failing to educate players about the effects on the brain for playing football. The families of Julius Whittier and Alan Rickman filed the federal lawsuit in Texas Wednesday against the Big 12 Conference and the NCAA. Both played for Texas between 1969 and 1972.
Josh Norris of Baseball America reports that Minor League Baseball has established a political action committee to continue fighting against a lawsuit brought by a group of former minor league players seeking increased wages and back pay. You may recall that, earlier this year, two members of Congress — Republican Brett Guthrie of Kentucky and Democrat Cheri Bustos of Illinois — introduced H.R. …