Concussions Cost NFL $765 million

Source: http://awfulannouncing.com

$765 million lost. Last April a federal judge had given final approval to a class-action lawsuit settlement between the National Football League (NFL) and thousands of former players. “The agreement provides up to $5 million per retired player for serious medical conditions associated with repeated head trauma” according to CNN. I believe that the recent settlements with NFL players because it helps the players and their families.

Judge Anita Brody settled the decision and the lawsuit combined the actions of many retired NFL player (more than 5,000). Players who retired on or before July 7th, 2014 will receive the payment and the settlement also gives payment to the family members of players who died before that date. More than 200 of the retired players involved in the lawsuit, which accused the NFL of hiding the dangers of concussions, opted out of the settlement and can continue to sue the NFL separately. If these former players appeal the settlement, it will slow down the payment to the other former players and/or their families.

The lawsuit settlement is very good thing to see because it helps ex-NFL players and their families if they are in need of money and could pay for treatment of the diseases that a player suffers from or pay for their suffering itself. Hopefully in the future more former players will receive settlements. The settlement obviously hurts the NFL as a whole but in the past players were not informed about how dangerous concussions were and did not have a strict concussion protocol. In recent years the NFL has made changes to correctly protect and inform their players.

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