Entertainment & Sports
Oct. 24, 2022
Substance abuse, poor health led to player’s death, NCAA contends
While the NCAA believes that Matthew Gee’s death certificate speaks for itself, his widow, Alana Gee, disagrees. She sent tissue matter from his brain to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) researchers at Boston University, where Matthew Gee was posthumously diagnosed with the disease.
The tragic death of former USC linebacker Matthew Gee was set in motion years before he first wore a Trojan jersey, attorneys for the NCAA, who is being accused of failing to prevent his death from repeated head injuries while playing football, told a Los Angeles jury on Friday.
During the defense’s opening statement in only the second wrongful death lawsuit against the NCAA to reach a jury, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP partner Wil...
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