Class action litigation would be especially appropriate for tort issues regarding NCAA sports such as football, where the frequency and consequences of closed head injuries are well established. NCAA would defend individual suits with the benefit of expertise collecively acquired in suits against individual school defendents, so we would in essence have “class defense” of lawsuits, with the individual plaintiffs tasked with an unfair burden of “taking on the system”. Considerinbg the billion dollar revenue captures of NCAA schools, the $75 million settlement might indeed be insufficient.
Class action litigation would be especially appropriate for tort issues regarding NCAA sports such as football, where the frequency and consequences of closed head injuries are well established. NCAA would defend individual suits with the benefit of expertise collecively acquired in suits against individual school defendents, so we would in essence have “class defense” of lawsuits, with the individual plaintiffs tasked with an unfair burden of “taking on the system”. Considerinbg the billion dollar revenue captures of NCAA schools, the $75 million settlement might indeed be insufficient.
Considering that the NFL has agreed to a $765 million settlement, the NCAA would be getting off light on this.