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The $75 million settlement caps litigation that began when a dozen college athletes -- including former Eastern Illinois University defensive back Adrian Arrington -- accused the NCAA of putting their health at risk by leaving concussion policies up to individual schools.

Under the agreement, NCAA schools will have to follow certain procedures. Players will not be allowed to return to action the same day they receive a concussion. All players, coaches and trainers will receive concussion education. And doctors trained in concussion diagnosis will have to be present for all games played in contact sports such as football, soccer and basketball.

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The settlement would end litigation that began when a dozen college athletes — including former Eastern Illinois defensive back Adrian Arrington — accused the NCAA of putting their health at risk by leaving concussion policies up to individual schools. The NCAA admits no wrongdoing in court documents filed, as it agreed to make small payments to the athletes involved in the litigation.

Arrington and three other former athletes would be paid $5,000 for being deposed as part of the lawsuit, while eight others would receive $2,500 for being named plaintiffs. The players’ lawyers would receive $15 million and up to $750,000 for expenses.

The NCAA also would contribute $5 million toward concussion-related research, according to the settlement.

Critics described the deal as “worthless” and contended it does little more than offer additional diagnostic testing to former college athletes. It does not provide any medical treatment or financial assistance if the tests deem them to have concussion-related problems.

“It’s going to benefit no one here in any real way except for the NCAA and the plaintiffs’ lawyers,” said attorney Jay Edelson, who represents former Pittsburgh player Frank Moore and former San Diego State player Andy Nichols.

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The federal government's, on behalf of the U.S. Postal Service, lawsuit seeking nearly $100 million will proceed against Lance Armstrong as judge denies Armstrong's motion to dismiss on statute of limitations and that the USPS knew or should have known of his doping.

Source: Brent Schrotenboer / USA Today

Filed under the False Claims Act, the government's suit alleged that the USPS would not have paid $40 million to sponsor the team from 1998 to 2004 if it had known that Armstrong's cycling team was cheating to win races in violation of its sponsorship contract.

In response, Armstrong asked the court to dismiss the case. The government "got exactly what it bargained for" with its sponsorship, Armstrong argued. He also said the government's fraud case is too old to bring under the six-year statute of limitations.

After a hearing of the arguments in November, Wilkins issued his decision Thursday.

The fraud case against Armstrong originally was filed under seal in June 2010 by Floyd Landis, a confessed doper and former teammate of Armstrong's. After more than a decade of false denials, Armstrong finally admitted to doping during a televised interview with Oprah Winfrey in January 2013. About a month after that interview, the federal government announced it was joining Landis' suit.

Landis filed a separate, parallel complaint in the case in which he also sued Bay Area businessman Thomas Weisel, who bankrolled the USPS team. Armstrong said he believed "Mr. Weisel was aware of doping by the USPS Team and in professional cycling in general," according to a court filing in the case.

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