Court Grants SEC’s Motion to Dismiss Concussion Lawsuit, NCAA Remains in Litigation

A federal judge from the Northern District of Illinois has granted the Southeastern Conference’s motion to dismiss it from a class action lawsuit, in which former University of Florida athletes alleged the SEC and NCAA were negligent in how they handled their concussions.   Specifically, the court ruled that the plaintiffs could not prove that the conference had sufficient ties to Indiana where the case was initially filed. Therefore, jurisdiction could not be established.   The SEC