NCAA 'denies legal duty' to protect student-athletes
Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2013 11:26 amFrom Mike Singer CBSSports.com:
"According to the recent 30-page court filing in Montgomery County (Md) Circuit Court, “The NCAA denies that it has a legal duty to protect student-athletes, but affirmatively states that under the NCAA Constitution each member institution is responsible for protecting the health of its student-athletes, and that for decades it had provided appropriate information and guidance on concussions to its member institutions."
"The NCAA revised its lengthy rulebook in 2010, adding that each school must create a policy to handle player concussions. But according to The Washington Times, the NCAA has done little to enforce the revision and “no school has been investigated or punished for violating the rule."
http://www.cbssports.com/general/eye-on-sports/24380786/ncaa-denies-legal-duty-to-protect-student-athletes-court-filing-says
If something as important as "employee" safety is left to individual schools what's the need for the NCAA then? (sarcastic)
"According to the recent 30-page court filing in Montgomery County (Md) Circuit Court, “The NCAA denies that it has a legal duty to protect student-athletes, but affirmatively states that under the NCAA Constitution each member institution is responsible for protecting the health of its student-athletes, and that for decades it had provided appropriate information and guidance on concussions to its member institutions."
"The NCAA revised its lengthy rulebook in 2010, adding that each school must create a policy to handle player concussions. But according to The Washington Times, the NCAA has done little to enforce the revision and “no school has been investigated or punished for violating the rule."
http://www.cbssports.com/general/eye-on-sports/24380786/ncaa-denies-legal-duty-to-protect-student-athletes-court-filing-says
If something as important as "employee" safety is left to individual schools what's the need for the NCAA then? (sarcastic)