A former UCLA football captain sued the NCAA and Pac-12 over concussions on Tuesday in a case that seeks to include every Bruins football player from 1959 to 2010.
Tom Sullivan, who played 35 games as a defensive back from 1979 to 1982, alleged in the class action lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Indiana that he sustained more than 20 concussions during his college career.
“As a result of these injuries, Sullivan now suffers from memory loss, a decline in cognitive functioning, light sensitivity, anxiety, headaches and other debilitating issues,” the complaint said.