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The $765 million settlement in August 2013 between the NFL and former players only protected the NFL. "I think all of our clients were disappointed", McClain said of his clients reaction to the settlement with the NFL. [83] The players suing the Chiefs have all opted-out of the settlement from the previous mediation with the NFL.
The NFL supposedly hid the long-term effects of concussions. The NFL didn't admit to hiding anything, but they gave money to retired NFL football players who suffered from brain-related injuries from football. [37] On August 30, 2013, the NFL reached a $765 million settlement with the former NFL players over the head injuries. [38]
The NFL and lawyers for thousands of retired NFL players have reached an agreement to end race-based adjustments in dementia testing in the $1 billion settlement of concussion claims, according to ...
As the NFL gets set to kick off another season, former players are still fighting for payments from the league after a 2017 settlement over concussions.
The National Football League concussion committee was an NFL head, neck and spine medical committee from 2007 to 2010. [1] Statements from the former co-chair Dr. Ira Casson on concussion and injury have received national attention. [ 2 ]
The National Football League has agreed to a $765 million settlement in a dispute with retired players over the health impact from concussions. The settlement takes a potentially negative ...
The settlement fund has so far paid about $720 million to retired players for neurocognitive problems linked to NFL concussions, including more than $300 million for dementia.
The NFL was heavily criticized when it became known that race norming, which assumed that black players started with lower cognitive levels than white players, was being used in determining whether players qualified for help in the initial years of the settlement. The parties to the settlement discontinued the use of race norming in June 2021.