In re Nat'l Collegiate Athletic Ass'n

Opinion by Justice Lang

Before the Court is a petition for writ of mandamus brought by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The underlying proceeding is a negligence, wrongful death, and survival action in which real party in interest Debra Ploetz asserts that her husband Greg's death in 2015 from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) was a result of concussions he sustained while playing football at the University of Texas from 1968 to 1972. Debra argues that the NCAA knew or should have known about the long-term dangers to student athletes from concussive and sub-concussive…