This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Brown good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im james brown. Every day in this country, millions of parents let their sons and daughters play the School Sports they love but worry about what will happen if they get seriously hurt. Today, the ncaa, under the pressure of a lawsuit, addressed the issue of head injuries for athletes who play, have played or will play college sports. It agreed to a proposed 70 million settlement of the class action suit. The money will pay for neurological testing but not treatment, and the ncaa will have a new policy for returnings injured players to the game. Reporter from 20042009, nearly 30,000 College Athletes suffered concussions, more than half of them playing football. Lawyer steve berman represents injured former players who sued the ncaa. Players are being returned to the game too early, because of bad concussion management. And if you go to the game too early, you are at risk fair serious longterm brai
Brown good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im james brown and this is our western edition. Every day in this country, millions of parents let their sons and daughters play the School Sports they love but worry about what will happen if they get seriously hurt. Today, the ncaa, under the pressure of a lawsuit, addressed the issue of head injuries for athletes who play, have played or will play college sports. It agreed to a proposed 70 million settlement of the class action suit. The money will pay for neurological testing but not treatment, and the ncaa will have a new policy for returning injured players to the game. Mark straussmann has details. Reporter from 20042009, nearly 30,000 College Athletes suffered concussions, more than half of them playing football. Lawyer steve berman represents injured former players who sued the ncaa. Players are being returned to the game too early, because of bad concussion management. And if you go to the game too early, you are at risk for serious l