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Former UT player filing $50B lawsuit against NCAA (head injury related)
Posted on 10/28/14 at 4:27 pm
Posted on 10/28/14 at 4:27 pm
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Julius Whittier, the first African-American football player in Texas Longhorns history, has filed a $50 billion class-action lawsuit against the NCAA, KEYE reports.
Whitter, who played on the 1969-72 Longhorns teams, claims repeated head injuries caused the health injuries he has today. Whittier was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2012.
According to KEYE, "Whittier's class action lawsuit includes all former NCAA football players who played from 1960-2014 who did not go on to play professional football and who have been diagnosed with a latent brain injury or disease. The lawsuit claims the NCAA has breached its duty to protect college football players 'in the face of long-standing and overwhelming evidence regarding the need to do so.'"
This post was edited on 10/28/14 at 5:19 pm
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Posted on 10/28/14 at 4:29 pm to sicboy
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There’s going to be a lot of people hoorah-ing the idea blacks should have the opportunities to play in front of thousands of people
that head injury must've been really bad, almost all the players are black, we hoorah the idea of white cornerbacks and runningbacks
Posted on 10/28/14 at 4:30 pm to sicboy
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Whittier was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2012.
Apparently he forgot how many zeros are in billion.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 4:31 pm to sicboy
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lawsuit includes all former NCAA football players who played from 1960-2014 who did not go on to play professional football
Stopped reading there...
Posted on 10/28/14 at 4:34 pm to sicboy
bad title
since he is diagnosed with Alzheimer's, i do not believe he can legally file a lawsuit since he does not have the legal mental capacity to do so.
the person that is listed as power of attorney would have to be the one doing to suit in his name.
i think....
since he is diagnosed with Alzheimer's, i do not believe he can legally file a lawsuit since he does not have the legal mental capacity to do so.
the person that is listed as power of attorney would have to be the one doing to suit in his name.
i think....
Posted on 10/28/14 at 4:34 pm to sicboy
Football is a dangerous sport. Shocker
Posted on 10/28/14 at 4:35 pm to Rouge
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bad title
Talk to 247.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 4:36 pm to Rouge
you can absolutely file suit...you cannot enter contracts without capacity
Posted on 10/28/14 at 4:37 pm to sicboy
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Oh, I want $50 billion, but we can settle out of court right now for twenty bucks.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 4:38 pm to sicboy
I bet they are regretting letting blacks in now
This post was edited on 10/28/14 at 4:38 pm
Posted on 10/28/14 at 4:39 pm to lsu480
Posted on 10/28/14 at 4:40 pm to DelU249
I have no problem with the old schoolers getting paid, they were told by Doctors that they were ok, even though they weren't. They lied to the players about their health, to benefit the teams.
they deserve to dry frick the ncaa and nfl
but the guys in 90's to today? No dice, you knew the risks and the warnings.
they deserve to dry frick the ncaa and nfl
but the guys in 90's to today? No dice, you knew the risks and the warnings.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 4:40 pm to lsu480
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Posted on 10/28/14 at 4:43 pm to stlslick
quote:Doctors in the late 1960s/early 1970s probably thought they were OK.
I have no problem with the old schoolers getting paid, they were told by Doctors that they were ok
Posted on 10/28/14 at 4:45 pm to Patrick_Bateman
How could they be held liable if the research wasn't there?
Posted on 10/28/14 at 4:50 pm to Rouge
This was my initial thought as well. I remember from one of my undergrad law classes when we talked about contracts that people with mental illnesses can't enter contracts because they don't have the mental capacity to do so.
I'm not a lawyer though so I don't know exactly how this stuff works, but wouldn't a contract with an attorney have to be reached for him to file this suit?
I'm not a lawyer though so I don't know exactly how this stuff works, but wouldn't a contract with an attorney have to be reached for him to file this suit?
Posted on 10/28/14 at 5:04 pm to sicboy
This is just more fleecing of NFL/NCAA by POS plaintiff's attorneys and deadbeat former players (many of whom got great opportunities in life ONLY because they were football players). When HS, college, and pro football no longer exists or doesn't resemble the game we know now, people will only have ridiculous litigation to blame.
It started with the NFL, has now moved to college, and will eventually hit the HS ranks. Once that happens, many HS and small colleges will start to make the business decision that it is cheaper to just do away with football rather than absorb the potential risks of fielding a team.
It started with the NFL, has now moved to college, and will eventually hit the HS ranks. Once that happens, many HS and small colleges will start to make the business decision that it is cheaper to just do away with football rather than absorb the potential risks of fielding a team.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 5:18 pm to sicboy
Posted on 10/28/14 at 5:24 pm to FAF
If Roger Goodell ran the NCAA, Les Miles would be suspended for the 2015 season and then everything would be okay.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 8:51 pm to stlslick
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have no problem with the old schoolers getting paid, they were told by Doctors that they were ok, even though they weren't. They lied to the players about their health, to benefit the teams.
they deserve to dry frick the ncaa and nfl
If they win, how long do you expect football to continue as a sport.
The lawyers will get the billions the players will get $50.
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