Multiple former Ohio State football players agreed to join a federal lawsuit against the school over alleged sexual abuse by a team doctor, a lawyer in the case told The Associated Press on Thursday. The lawyer said 30 former players — including some who played in the NFL — came forward with their allegations roughly eight years after the first lawsuit was filed due to the fear of publicly taking on the university, along with the shame of revealing they were sexually abused by another man. The players are “tearful and living with it,” lawyer Rocky Ratliff said. A person walks over the Ohio State University’s emblem in the campus student union, May 18, 2019, in Columbus, Ohio. AP “But as this case progresses on, they see how Ohio State’s treating athletes from the university and I think they want people to know it’s OK, even if it is male to male [sexual abuse], to come forward,” he added. Ohio State has faced lawsuits from student athletes since 2018 over its failure to thwart abuse from Dr.…