NCAA Hit With New Post-Suicide Football Concussion Suit

The estate of a former Washington State University football player has joined hundreds of other former players who say the NCAA, colleges, and football conferences didn’t do enough to protect them from repetitive brain injuries in the sport.

The March 27 suit by the family of Dorian Boose makes allegations nearly identical to those in more than 370 class cases filed by ex-college players around the nation, but there’s a difference.

Boose hanged himself in 2016 after a dramatic decline in his cognitive abilities, the complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana says.

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