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Used to be known by a name offensive to native americans. the "wall street journal" reported gruden used a racist trope to describe nfl players union smith saying dumborisi smith has lips the size of michelin tires apologizing for the racist comment he made to the team but the situation comes as a league overwhelmingly dominated by black players but with few black team owners or coaches tries to shake off the track record. paid kaepernick and reed less than $10 million to settle a collusion laws...

Replicated in our employment. fans were appalled if not surprised at the racist practice of assuming black players started out with lower cognitive functioning than their white counterparts. this has made it harder for black players to access the money theyre entitled to, but the nfl also pledges to review past claims for signs of racial bias and rectify those mistakes. joining me now is cavita davidson, sports writer for "the athletic." cavita, walk us through exactly what they can have this we...

Experiencing cognitive impairment were being treated differently when it came to the nfl concussion settlement? >> i really was listening to my wife in a group that shes in online with some of the other wives, and stories were coming out every other night about a player who had been denied and the red tape it took to get a settlement and how they had to be tested and retested. all the while these wives were lifting those families on their backs and doing all the work and raising the kids and bri...

This concussion settlement, they actually had to have much more steeper cognitive decline compared to a white player who is presumed to be, according to these standards, more intelligent or have higher cognitive ability, and any small decline would have -- or smaller decline would have led them to get a cash award from this concussion settlement. the lawyers who brought one of the first cases last year said that white players were getting approved at an estimated two to three times more than bla...

Black players are measured by using data that assumes a lower level of brain function to start with. so former black players called it discrimination. lets talk about this and more. this is a reporter who covers "the new york times." covers the nfl for the "new york times." im so glad that youre. on weve been wanting to do this. this is such an amazing story that youve been following and writing about. explain what race norming is and how was the nfl using it. >> so basically, set up two sets of...

Player assumed to be according to the standards, more intelligent or have higher cognitive ability. and any small decline, or smaller decline would have led them to get a cash award from this concussion settlement. the lawyers who brought one of the first cases last year said that white players were getting approved at an estimated two to three times more as a consequence, and to think about the consequences, theres about 70% of the nfl right now are black players. so white players, black player...

Were going to turn next here this evening to an abc news investigation. two former nfl players speaking for the first time on camera about their time in the league, saying they experienced concussions and now suffer from depression, memory loss and bouts of anger. two players suing the league, claiming the nfl uses a formula that assumes black players start at a lower cognitive level than white players, making it harder for black former players to qualify for compensation. tonight, how the leagu...

In this email, a clinician saying their "required reliance" on racial norms "bottom line, do discriminate against black players." in a statement to abc news, the nfl calls the lawsuit "entirely misguided." the league says that race norming, part of what they call "demographic correction," is recommended but not required. and the concussion settlement program was "agreed to by all parties with the assistance of expert neuropsychological clinicians" and it relies on "widely accepted and long-estab...

>> tucker: so, i mean, tell us -- give us the overview of what you think is happening here. >> so, in this concussion settlement case, i could talk to you about my players. i have 90 clients. and 95% of my players are african-american. 5% are white. none of them have been paid. ive submitted 41 claims. and 38 of them are in audit for fraud. over 99% of the players that are in audit for fraud are african-american. and i just believe that if this were a group of retired white golfers, they have be...