If Brody allows even a single NFL lawsuit to proceed 鈥?such as one from a so-called "gap" player, who played when there was no collective bargaining agreement in place 鈥?the NFL could be forced to turn over a similar trove of internal documents about how it handled concussions over the past few decades, as scientific research emerged of a link between concussions and brain injuries.
"I think the NFL, players' lawyers, and defense lawyers in the NFL litigation should certainly take note of what was uncovered in the NCAA players litigation," said sports lawyer Paul Anderson of Kansas City, Mo.,Cheap NFL Gear, who runs a website devoted to the NFL concussion litigation. |
