{"id":5755,"date":"2014-07-30T16:36:10","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T16:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/?p=5755"},"modified":"2014-07-30T16:36:10","modified_gmt":"2014-07-30T16:36:10","slug":"ncaa-concussion-settlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/2014\/07\/30\/ncaa-concussion-settlement\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Concussion Settlement"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5758\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5758\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5758 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/dkwl-big-brain-tripod-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"Doug Landau knows the effect of repeated concussions on the brain.  NCAA's settlement of a class-action lawsuit will provide education and diagnosis for college athletes.\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/dkwl-big-brain-tripod-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/dkwl-big-brain-tripod-800x563.jpg 800w, https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/dkwl-big-brain-tripod.jpg 2030w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5758\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Doug Landau knows the effect of repeated concussions on the brain. NCAA&#8217;s settlement of a class-action lawsuit will provide education and diagnosis for college athletes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Medical monitoring and future treatment will help those amateur athletes who have traumatic brain injuries going forward,&#8221; according to Herndon head injury lawyer Doug Landau, &#8220;and the education and early diagnosis in the future will hopefully prevent permanent disability that sidelines college sports team members\u00a0who sustain a concussion.&#8221; \u00a0The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) &#8212; the governing body for college sports &#8212;\u00a0 agreed to a settlement in a class-action head-injury lawsuit.\u00a0 The suit is a consolidation of 10 lawsuits which combined, identify by name several dozen athletes who suffered brain trauma while playing contact sports in college.<\/p>\n<p>The terms of the settlement, pending final approval by U.S. District Judge John Lee, are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create a $70 million fund for the purpose of diagnosing current and former college athletes to see if they suffered traumatic brain injury (TBI) when playing contact sports in college.\u00a0 Players who show signs of TBI will be responsible for paying for their own treatment.<\/li>\n<li>Implement a consistent return-to-play policy whereby a player who takes a blow to the head may not return to play or practice that day.<\/li>\n<li>Preserve the right for individual athletes to sue individually for specific damages.<\/li>\n<li>Require baseline neurological tests at the start of each year for all athletes.<\/li>\n<li>Mandate concussion education for athletes and coaches.<\/li>\n<li>Establish an independent medical science committee to oversee medical testing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The settlement has been met with controversy, however.\u00a0 Critics believe money should have been set aside for the injured players themselves, rather than simply paying for diagnosis, monitoring, and education.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia sports injury attorney Doug Landau believes the settlement terms will go a long way towards (1) helping those athletes who were injured during their past careers by helping them identify lingering symptoms of TBI and gain access to high quality medical care, AND (2) changing the culture of college sports so that future athletes may be spared repeated concussion and TBI going forward.<\/p>\n<p>Landau is in favor of monitoring and education when it comes to concussions:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Educating those involved is the first step towards preventing long-lasting effects of concussions,&#8221; notes Landau.\u00a0 &#8220;As a personal injury lawyer, I have helped numerous clients who have suffered TBI.\u00a0 The impact can be severe and life-changing.\u00a0 If we can teach athletes, coaches, parents, college administrators, etc. about the dangers, we can affect change.\u00a0 I take that responsibility quite seriously and literally here in my local community.\u00a0 Each year, my firm donates free bike helmets and educates needy children on the effects of TBI in our <a title=\"Bicycle Police Assist Putting &quot;Lids on the Kids&quot;\" href=\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/2012\/10\/18\/bicycle-police-assist-putting-lids-on-the-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Putting Lids on Kids&#8221;<\/a> program. \u00a0 I believe you can never provide too much education about something as serious as permanent brain injury.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you or someone you know has been injured, suffering the effects of traumatic brain injury, and there are questions as to what laws apply, <a title=\"email front desk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.landaulawshop.com\/contact.asp\" target=\"_blank\">email<\/a> or call Abrams Landau, Ltd. at once (703-796-9555).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Medical monitoring and future treatment will help those amateur athletes who have traumatic brain injuries going forward,&#8221; according to Herndon head injury lawyer Doug Landau, &#8220;and the education and early diagnosis in the future will hopefully prevent permanent disability that sidelines college sports team members\u00a0who sustain a concussion.&#8221; \u00a0The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) &#8212;&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/2014\/07\/30\/ncaa-concussion-settlement\/\" title=\"Continue reading &lsquo;NCAA Concussion Settlement&rsquo;\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[101,1147,5883,1156,1157,5881,5886,5888,1840,5890,5889,5880,5882,5879,4054,5884,5018,5885,5887],"class_list":["post-5755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cases","tag-abrams-landau","tag-brain-injury","tag-brain-injury-in-college-athletes","tag-brain-injury-lawyer-doug-landau","tag-brain-injury-prevention","tag-concussion-in-athletes","tag-concussion-lawyer-doug-landau","tag-concussion-safety","tag-doug-landau","tag-future-medical-care-damages-brain-injury-prevention-lawyer","tag-medical-monitoring-settlement","tag-ncaa-brain-injury-settlement","tag-ncaa-concussion-settlement","tag-ncaa-settlement","tag-preventing-traumatic-brain-injury","tag-putting-lids-on-kids","tag-tbi","tag-traumatic-brain-injury-lawsuit","tag-virginia-traumatic-brain-injury-lawyer"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NCAA Concussion Settlement  - Sports Injury Law<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/2014\/07\/30\/ncaa-concussion-settlement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NCAA Concussion Settlement  - Sports Injury Law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&#8220;Medical monitoring and future treatment will help those amateur athletes who have traumatic brain injuries going forward,&#8221; 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