NCAA says concussion settlement good for athletes

Published July 29, 2014 3:35pm ET



CHICAGO (AP) — The NCAA is hailing a settlement in a class-action concussions suit that creates a $70 million fund to diagnose current and former college athletes for possible brain injuries.

The sides announced a deal Tuesday in a filing in federal court in Chicago. They’d been negotiating for nearly a year.

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