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PHILADELPHIA – A diverted federal discrimination case brought by two retired National Football League players against the organization – claiming that it manipulated cognitive function data to make it less likely Black players would receive proceeds from the 2016 concussion settlement – will now be heard before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Kevin Henry and Najeh Davenport first filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Aug. 20 versus the NFL, of New York, N.Y.
Henry, who played eight years for the Pittsburgh Steelers, and Davenport, who played seven years for the Green Bay Packers, Pittsburgh Steelers and Indianapolis Colts claimed that the NFL violated federal law in handling claims under the concussion settlement, by using different sets of cognitive function data for Black and White players.
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