A circuit court judge dismissed a proposed class-action lawsuit against the Illinois High School Association that alleged its concussion policies were negligent and did not do enough to protect the state’s football players. The case was filed last year by Alex Pierscionek, a former lineman at South Elgin High School in suburban Chicago.
Judge LeRoy K. Martin sided with the I.H.S.A., a nonprofit organization that oversees high school sports, ruling that football players assume the risk of playing contact sports, and increased liability could harm high school football, even potentially causing it to be abandoned.
“It is clear to this court that I.