Former College Football Star Suing Over Lack Of Sports Injury Insurance

All followers of sports are familiar with stories about promising college athletes who are cut down by devastating injuries, leaving them short of the glory, and money, they had hoped for. But how many know that many college and pro athletes can get sports injury insurance, for a steep premium, to cover some of the cost of a lost career? From Associated Press writer Greg Bluestein, via the Washington post, here is a riveting story about one college football star whose neck was broken during a game. He is suing the University of Georgia over what he says is its failure to obtain a $500,000 policy protecting against career-ending injury.