Will Settlement in Ploetz Open the Floodgates?

It didn’t take along for the NCAA to settle the claim brought by Deb Ploetz, the wife of the former University of Texas football player, who died, allegedly, from complications associated with the repeated brain trauma he suffered as a football player. That trauma led to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), according to the plaintiffs. She further alleged that the NCAA failed to properly warn her husband, Greg, about the risks of playing football, thus neglecting the duty it had to protect