Six separate lawsuits were filed in federal courts nationwide against both the NCAA and various schools and conferences it governs by lawyers representing former football players on Tuesday. The lawsuits are being filed over the effects of concussions suffered by ex-players, according to a new report released on Tuesday by USA Today. The Big Ten, Pac-12 and Mountain West are being named in the suits as is the Southeastern Conference, which is having three of its member schools named in the suits.

Former players from the Auburn, Georgia and Vanderbilt are involved in the lawsuits pertaining to the SEC. Vanderbilt is named as a defendant in two of the respective suits, while Auburn and Georgia are not named as defendants because of issues regarding sovereign immunity. The cases seek to cover athletes who played football at the schools represented in the lawsuits between the 1952 and 2010 seasons.

CBS Sports listed the plaintiffs: Auburn linebacker Joseph Miller (1996-98), Georgia defensive end Ronald Hermann (1984-86) and Vanderbilt linebacker Brandon Walthour (1999-02).

The 1952 date is tied into a New England Journal of Medicine recommendation that after an athlete suffers a third concussion they should stop playing football. More on this story via USA Today.