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In what has made news nationwide, the NCAA has agreed to settle a head injury lawsuit<\/strong><\/a> by providing $70 million for concussion testing and diagnosis of current and former student-athletes.<\/p>\n

The class-action agreement, if approved by a federal judge and class members, applies to student-athletes in all sports who have played at NCAA member schools at any time in the past until 50 years in the future.<\/p>\n

Former Maine player Kyle Solomon joined the lawsuit in 2013.<\/p>\n

Solomon, who reportedly suffered four concussions while at Maine, said in February 2013 that plaintiff attorney Steve Berman’s law firm told him it wanted to “change the NCAA’s return-to-play policy and thought my situation at UMaine would be a good example. It wasn’t that [my concussions] weren’t treated. But they weren’t treated as seriously as they should have been because the NCAA didn’t have a [strong enough] rule in place.<\/p>\n

“This is nothing against … Maine hockey. It was an honor to play for Maine. I loved playing for them. It was a shame it had to stop.”<\/p>\n

The settlement does not include bodily injury claims, which Berman said should be handled on an individual basis.<\/p>\n

“The whole goal of my clients is to change the way the NCAA handles concussions,” Berman told the Bangor Daily News<\/i>. “We’re very hopeful this will cut down on the number of concussions and people returning to play too early.”<\/p>\n

U.S. District Judge John Lee is not expected to make a decision on whether to grant the settlement preliminary approval until sometime in August, Berman added.<\/p>\n

The settlement also calls for the NCAA to contribute $5 million for concussion research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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