Former 9-year Team USA bobsledder William Person, lead plaintiff in the high-profile class action lawsuit spotlighted by The New York Times, Sports Litigation Alert, and Courthouse News Service, is taking matters into his own hands after rejecting a proposed settlement that offered “evaluation, but no treatment or compensation” for Team USA Olympic Bobsled athletes suffering from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). In addition, Person says the warning to new athletes about the dangers of repetitive concussions, which are a regular part of the sport, is not adequate in the proposed settlement for young athletes to truly understand the repercussions of the repeated concussions, including a constant state of brain fog, mass depression, and intense headaches for life, which are leading to suicide among athletes around the world. Person, whose story was first widely recognized in 2021 through media stories about “Sled Head”— the bobsled equivalent of football’s concussion crisis—has announced a GoFundMe campaign to raise $500,000 to establish a 501(c)(3) foundation that will provide free Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) to athletes and veterans battling the devastating effects of repetitive brain trauma. Interested parties are invited to donate to the campaign at https://gofund.me/93ff9c6e.
Former Team USA National Athlete Launches Mission to Combat the Silent Epidemic of CTE in Olympic Winter Sports
