December 11, 2014
College sports’ governing body will consider limiting how much schools can contribute toward athletes’ insurance policies, according to its president. National Collegiate Athletic Association schools pay for loss-of-value insurance policies for some of their athletes through the Student Assistance Fund. …
October 23, 2014
The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s bid for preliminary approval of its proposed $75 million plan to settle nationwide litigation over head injuries met with skepticism from a federal judge. The agreement announced in July would allow any athlete who ever …
August 26, 2014
Silicon Valley-based EPIC Insurance Brokers has launched a new policy designed to protect high school athletes who have received a verbal offer for an athletic scholarship or grant from an NCAA Division I or Division II sports program. Education Protector …
July 29, 2014
The National Collegiate Athletic Association would provide $70 million for concussion testing and diagnosis of current and former NCAA athletes as a part of an agreement to settle claims in several head-injury-related lawsuits. The settlement, which also includes educational initiatives …
March 21, 2014
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is expected as early as April to reach an agreement to boost safeguards for athletes who get concussions while playing college sports. Driving the deal is 59-year-old Seattle lawyer Steve Berman, a onetime college soccer …
June 10, 2013
The NCAA will spend more than $10 million to help fund additional in-home care for college athletes who have suffered catastrophic injuries on the playing field. The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s governing body said it will cost an estimated $4 …