June 02, 2021
The NFL said Wednesday it will push to end the use of "race-norming," which assumes Black former players start with lower baseline cognitive test scores, in assessing claims for payouts from the more than $1 billion concussion settlement amid allegations that it is discriminatory.
March 08, 2021
The Pennsylvania federal judge overseeing the NFL concussion settlement on Monday tossed a discrimination lawsuit that claimed the use of "race norming" to adjust cognitive tests of Black former players seeking concussion settlement awards made it more difficult for those players to qualify for payouts, but ordered the NFL and counsel for the concussion settlement class members to address those concerns.
January 03, 2021
Sports leagues and teams are looking to collect billions of dollars lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic as college athletes seek to chip away at the NCAA's amateurism rules in just some of the high-stakes legal battles set to play out in 2021.
November 03, 2020
The NFL urged a Pennsylvania federal court to sack a proposed class action brought by Black former players who say they got shortchanged on benefits from a multidistrict concussion litigation deal, calling their racial bias suit an "improper" challenge to an approved settlement pact.
August 25, 2020
Two retired football players targeted the NFL with a proposed class action Tuesday in Pennsylvania federal court, alleging the league made it harder for Black ex-players to receive payouts from its massive concussion settlement by factoring race into their "cognitive function" test scores.