NFL will end use of race-norming in reviewing claims for billion dollar brain injury settlement Share Updated: 10:13 AM CDT Jun 3, 2021 By MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press
NFL will end use of race-norming in reviewing claims for billion dollar brain injury settlement Share Updated: 10:13 AM CDT Jun 3, 2021
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The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Share Updated: 10:13 AM CDT Jun 3, 2021 By MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press The NFL on Wednesday pledged to halt the use of race-norming which assumed Black players started out with lower cognitive function in the $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims and review past scores for any potential race bias.The practice made it harder for Black retirees to show a deficit and qualify for an award. The standards were created in the 1990s in hopes of offering more appropriate treatment to dementia patients, but critics
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The NFL has vowed to stop the use of race-norming, a practice that dates back to 1990.
The two-tiered scoring system assumed that Black players have a lower cognitive function than white colleagues.
Race-norming made it more difficult for Black retirees to get compensation for brain injuries suffered in the league.
The NFL has vowed to stop race-norming, a two-tiered scoring system which set a different benchmark for Black and white retired players making brain injury claims.
The norms, which were created in 1990, were used to determine which of the 20,000 former players filing brain injury claims would be eligible for awards from the NFL on a roughly $1 billion dollar settlement, the Associated Press reported.