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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 demand...

Black Men Have Lower Cognitive Skills Than White Men, NFL Asserts In Brain Injury Lawsuits On 5/14/21 at 5:07 PM EDT Former NFL players who suffer from dementia or other brain injuries may be entitled to payouts under the NFLs $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims but the league uses a scoring algorithm that requires former Black players to score lower for cognitive skills than their white counterparts to receive an award which has been called "race-norming." The settlement is overseen b...