Robert Geathers, a 68-year-old former South Carolina State Bulldogs defensive end, was awarded $10 million and his wife, Debra, $8 million, following a civil trial against the NCAA in Orangeburg County. The jurors found the NCAA negligent in warning the college football players about the long-term repercussions of concussions. Geathers played at South Carolina State University from 1977 to 1980. According to a report by The Times and Democrat, former South Carolina State Bulldogs defensive end Robert Geathers is unable to perform day-to-day activities, such as dressing himself and helping prepare meals. A physician diagnosed him with dementia in 2017. A few other doctors who testified in South Carolina’s Orangeburg County shared that Geathers displayed symptoms of CTE (Chronic

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