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NFL families seek to end race-norming in $1B settlement of brain injury claims PHILADELPHIA - Thousands of retired Black professional football players, their families and supporters are demanding an end to the controversial use of race-norming to determine which players are eligible for payouts in the NFL s $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims, a system experts say is discriminatory. Former Washington running back Ken Jenkins, 60, and his wife Amy Lewis on Friday delivered 50,000 petitions demanding equal treatment for Black players to Senior U.S. District Judge Anita B. Brody in Philadelphia, who is overseeing the massive settlement. Former players who suffer dementia or other diagnoses can be eligible for a payout. ....
By MARYCLAIRE DALE and MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) â Thousands of retired Black professional football players, their families and supporters are demanding an end to the controversial use of ârace-normingâ to determine which players are eligible for payouts in the NFLâs $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims, a system experts say is discriminatory. Former Washington running back Ken Jenkins, 60, and his wife Amy Lewis on Friday delivered 50,000 petitions demanding equal treatment for Black players to Senior U.S. District Judge Anita B. Brody in Philadelphia, who is overseeing the massive settlement. Former players who suffer dementia or other diagnoses can be eligible for a payout. ....
The majority of the league’s 20,000 retirees are Black. And only a quarter of the more than 2,000 men who sought awards for early to moderate dementia have qualified under the testing program. ....
Retired Black players say NFL brain-injury payouts show bias By MARYCLAIRE DALE and MICHELLE R. SMITHMay 14, 2021 GMT PHILADELPHIA (AP) Thousands of retired Black professional football players, their families and supporters are demanding an end to the controversial use of “race-norming” to determine which players are eligible for payouts in the NFL’s $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims, a system experts say is discriminatory. Former Washington running back Ken Jenkins, 60, and his wife Amy Lewis on Friday delivered 50,000 petitions demanding equal treatment for Black players to Senior U.S. District Judge Anita B. Brody in Philadelphia, who is overseeing the massive settlement. Former players who suffer dementia or other diagnoses can be eligible for a payout. ....
Retired Black NFL players say brain-injury payouts discriminate By MARYCLAIRE DALE and MICHELLE R. SMITH Published article NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 23: Commissioner of the National Football League (NFL), Roger Goodell, speaks at a press conference announcing the 16 winners of the first round of the $20M Head Health Challenge, a research grant created by the NFL and General Expand PHILADELPHIA - Thousands of retired Black professional football players, their families and supporters are demanding an end to the controversial use of race-norming to determine which players are eligible for payouts in the NFL’s $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims, a system experts say is discriminatory. ....