Family Sues NCAA, Others in Concussion Lawsuit

The family of college football player Derek Sheely, who died after suffering multiple concussions during the summer of 2011, has sued the NCAA and Frostburg State University, as well as the school’s coaches and the athletic trainer, for negligence.   Specifically, the plaintiffs claim that the NCAA failed to be more proactive about the danger of concussions to its student athletes as well as ignored what few guidelines it had in place in the wake of Sheely’s death.   Also named in