Now It's The NCAA's Turn On Concussions... Have Fun...

Three ex-NCAA football players, two of whom played at the University of Tennessee only two years ago, have filed suit against the NCAA didn't educate them about concussions risk and didn't do enough to prevent, diagnose and treat brain injuries.

Chris Walker and Ben Martin from UT-K along with Dan Ahern, who played for North Carolina State from 1972-76, filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Here's a feature on Walker from UTSports


And one on Martin...
((HT: knoxnews))


The lawsuit was filed by Washington-based attorney Michael Hausfeld, who is also the lead attorney in the Ed O'Bannon case against the NCAA.

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"The NCAA has not taken the necessary steps to protect these former players even though the medical tools to assist them have been available for some time," Hausfeld said in a statement. "It is not too late now for the NCAA to offer important education and needed medical testing to these former players."

Walker and Martin now claim to suffer headaches from the repeated head trauma and Ahern says he can't concentrate, his memory is not what it once was, he has ringing in his ears, and he can't sleep because of his injuries. He also claims to have been forced into retirement at age 50 and disability six years ago because of all this.

Conventional wisdom has the NCAA in a lot of trouble if Hausfeld gets to run with the concussion suit as much as he has run with the O'Bannon suit...

This does not look good at all...

DEVELOPING: Gillispie Out In Lubbock

A person familiar with the "situation" says that Texas Tech basketball coach Billy Gillispie has resigned.

More when we know more...
Okay... we know more...

But we figure the out from AD Kirby Hocutt has to with "health" issues...and it did...

So, that means...
2004–2007 Texas A&M
2007–2009 Kentucky
2011-2012 Texas Tech

"Billy has decided to focus on his health and we wish him a full recovery," Hocutt said. "We are proud of the young men that he has brought to this campus. Billy's decision allows him to concentrate on his well-being and allows us to turn our attention to preparations for the upcoming season."

Chris Walker, associate head coach, will continue to handle day-to-day operations of the men's basketball program until an interim head coach for the 2012-13 season has been identified.

Here's some of Billy Clyde's Greatest Hits... ((HT: WLEX-TV)) And this... ((HT: ESPN))

So, who's next...??? That's the interesting question...