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    C/M Runner

    Member since 06/02/2009.

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    7 years ago 01/13/2017 2:36pm EST

    I got two postcards in the mail today, informing me that I'm a "Class Member" of the NCAA Concussion Injury Litigation lawsuit.

    According to the postcards, "The lawsuit seeks medical monitoring relief to diagnose possible long-term effects of concussions or the accumulation of sub-concussive hits for all current and former student-athletes. The lawsuit also seeks changes to the NCAA's concussion management and return-to-play guidelines".

    I did not play in a concussive sport - I did T&F for all of my NCAA eligibility - but I'm considered a "Class Member" because " played an NCAA-sanctioned sport at an NCAA school at any time up to July 15, 2016".

    Essentially, I would need to take a questionnaire to determine if I'm eligible for medical monitoring evaluations that would be paid for by the NCAA.

    Has anyone else on this board who participated in XC/TF in the NCAA system gotten one (or more) of these postcards? (I think I got multiple cards because I competed for two schools during my NCAA eligibility). I think it's odd that as a runner I got them.

  • I got an email

    Anonymous Poster

    7 years ago 01/13/2017 2:39pm EST
    re: C/M Runner

    I got an email stating the same thing.

  • messi

    Anonymous Poster

    7 years ago 01/13/2017 3:11pm EST
    re: C/M Runner

    If NFL has a $1B concussion fund, why shouldn't NCAA with many more players?

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    C/M Runner

    Member since 06/02/2009.

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    7 years ago 01/13/2017 3:22pm EST
    re: I got an email

    I got an email wrote:

    I got an email stating the same thing.

    What are you doing then? Opting out?

  • Hardloper

    Member since 08/20/2013.

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    7 years ago 01/13/2017 3:25pm EST
    re: messi

    messi wrote:

    If NFL has a $1B concussion fund, why shouldn't NCAA with many more players?

    Cause he doesn't play football?

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    C/M Runner

    Member since 06/02/2009.

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    7 years ago 01/13/2017 3:30pm EST
    re: HardLoper

    HardLoper wrote:

    messi wrote:

    If NFL has a $1B concussion fund, why shouldn't NCAA with many more players?

    Cause he doesn't play football?

    Technically, you have more football participants in the NCAA level than on the NFL level, so you would think you would have more money for NCAA than NFL.

    But NFL does have all of the monies they still from a larger fan base and all of the advertisers, so they have a greater income than the NCAA, right?

  • messi

    Anonymous Poster

    7 years ago 01/13/2017 3:43pm EST
    re: C/M Runner

    C/M Runner wrote:

    HardLoper wrote:

    Cause he doesn't play football?

    Technically, you have more football participants in the NCAA level than on the NFL level, so you would think you would have more money for NCAA than NFL.

    But NFL does have all of the monies they still from a larger fan base and all of the advertisers, so they have a greater income than the NCAA, right?

    NCAA has great income also.

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    Ray

    Member since 01/27/2003.

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    7 years ago 01/13/2017 5:00pm EST
    re: messi

    You do know you don't have to play football to get a concussion right?

  • probably just cheaper

    Anonymous Poster

    7 years ago 01/13/2017 5:04pm EST
    re: C/M Runner

    It's probably easier and cheaper to just blast out the card to everyone and let an automated survey be the gatekeeper than it would be to have people whittle down the list before mailing.

  • I got an email

    Anonymous Poster

    7 years ago 01/13/2017 5:12pm EST
    re: C/M Runner

    C/M Runner wrote:

    I got an email wrote:

    I got an email stating the same thing.

    What are you doing then? Opting out?

    I never had a concussion, I'm not doing anything.

  • Angry Willy

    Anonymous Poster

    7 years ago 01/13/2017 5:15pm EST
    re: C/M Runner

    Interesting. Basically, the lawyers are getting ready and they don't care what sport you did.

    I was thinking that the precedent set by the NFL would likely flow down to the NCAA and then ... HS football will cease to exist as we know it now.

  • jimmy bobby

    Anonymous Poster

    7 years ago 01/16/2017 6:58am EST
    re: C/M Runner

    This is just another example of blood sucking lawyers running rampant in this country.

    File it in the trash, move on with your life and try to produce something vs soliciting an undeserved payday.

    (I say this as a father of an NCAA D1 T&F athlete. I said the same thing to my son.)

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    wxboy

    Member since 03/04/2006.

    169 posts. Last post 4 years ago.
    7 years ago 01/16/2017 7:05am EST
    re: I got an email

    If you do nothing you are automatically included in the class. You will likely get a free screening but won't show the symptoms to get the long term monitoring

  • father knows best

    Anonymous Poster

    7 years ago 01/16/2017 8:03pm EST
    re: jimmy bobby

    jimmy bobby wrote:

    This is just another example of blood sucking lawyers running rampant in this country.

    File it in the trash, move on with your life and try to produce something vs soliciting an undeserved payday.

    (I say this as a father of an NCAA D1 T&F athlete. I said the same thing to my son.)

    You have no idea what you're talking about. If you did, you would have advised your son to opt out of the class.

    But because you're a blowhard who parrots crap, you gave your son the worst possible advice.

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