Widow asks $55M from NCAA for ex-USC LB Matthew Gee's death

By Associated Press via ESPN: Attorneys asked a jury Monday to award $55 million to the widow of a former USC football player, in a landmark case accusing the NCAA of failing to protect him from repetitive head trauma that led to his death.

Matthew Gee, a hard-hitting linebacker who was on the 1990 Rose Bowl-winning squad, endured countless blows that caused permanent brain damage and led to cocaine and alcohol use that eventually killed him at age 49, his lawyers said in closing arguments.

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Widow asks $55M from NCAA for ex-LB's death

Attorneys asked a jury Monday to award $55 million to the widow of a former USC football player Matthew Gree for failure to protect him from repetitive head trauma that led to his death.

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