Tracy Scroggins, Former DE, Files Lawsuit Against NFL Regarding CTE

March 29, 2016   ·   Mike Chiari   ·   Jump to comments

Longtime NFL defensive end Tracy Scroggins filed a class-action lawsuit against the league recently in relation to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and its link to playing football.  
According to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, the former Detroit Lions star proposed that the lawsuit be made up of current and former players who have been "preliminary [sic] diagnosed with [CTE]."
Per Florio, Scroggins' lawsuit alleges that NFL players were encouraged to do things on the field that left them at risk to head injuries, specifically from the 1970s through the 1990s, as they were "coached, trained and motivated to use all portions of their helmets to block, tackle, butt, spear, ram and/or injure opposing players by hitting their helmeted heads...despite the [NFL's] awareness that this practice was causing an increased risk in repeated head trauma."
The NFL's vice president of communications Brian McCarthy provided a statement to Pro Football Ta...

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