The settlement of the class action lawsuit against the NFL by retired playershas been finalized. Settlement funds have only been approved for 2 players, but the NFL still has appeal rights andno payments have been made. An elaborate mechanism has been set up for the administration of the settl...
NFL Attacks Lawsuit on Head-Injury.The article reports that as of April 2013 the National Football League (NFL) argued that a lawsuit by retired players seeking damages due to head-injuries causing brain damaged should be handled out of court as part of a collective bargaining agreement.CLARK...
A lawsuit against the NFL alleges that Black players have been systematically discriminated against because ofrace-norming, making it harder for them to demonstrate mental decline on tests. Because of this, the league has agreed to immediately stop the practice and to review their methods of testi...
The committee was supposed to be independent, but members were affiliated with NFL, the lawsuit said, and the group did not include a doctor specializing in neurology or other brain research. When the committee published its findings in 2003, it stated "there was no long term negative health ...
such as a concussion. If CTE is the latent effect of a disease, it would be the continuation and increased severity of a brain injury that worsens over time. The distinction impacts the timing of when the player’s lawsuit must be filed to comply with Ohio’s statute of limitations for ...
I don’t see racism here so much as stupidity and cruelty. I’m not sure the lawsuit is going to go anywhere but hopefully NFL executives will learn to keep their yaps shut in the future. As to the Rooney Rule itself. I actually think it’s about as well-written and implemented a ...
Former players to file consolidated lawsuit against NFL Frank Gore respects mention in Williams' rant Full statement from lawyer representing Jonathan Vilma Fantasy football strategies: Just say no to Darren McFadden! Fantasy football strategies: Don't be hesitant to adjust Fantasy football strateg...
The family has not filed a lawsuit over his death in May. But thousands of former players have sued the NFL over concussions, claiming the league withheld information about damaging effects of repeated head blows. After Robinson's death, high school coach George Chaump told WHP he was "one ...
the recent lawsuit that they reached a “$765 million settlement reached between the two sides, 18,000 concussion suffers and the NFL” which states causes for untold information the NFL refused to report to players about the potential dangers concussions had for their long-term health, though ...
000 National Football League players is filed in federal court in Philadelphia. The players accuse the NFL of negligence and failing to notify players of the link between concussions and brain injuries. The NFL and ex-players reacha deal in the lawsuitthat calls for the NFL to pay $765 ...