Family of Ex-SMU Quarterback Sees CTE Case Against NCAA Revived

A three-justice panel of the Fifth Court of Appeals in Dallas has given the family of a man who died of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, another chance to bring its negligence lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

The lawsuit was brought in June 2020 by the family of Roger S. Braugh Sr., who played both quarterback and defensive back for the Southern Methodist University football team from 1960 until 1962. He died in March 2019 and an autopsy performed at Boston University showed the cause was stage IV CTE.