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The majority of the league’s 20,000 retirees are Black. And only a quarter of the more than 2,000 men who sought awards for early to moderate dementia have qualified under the testing program.
Retired Black players say NFL brain-injury payouts show bias By MARYCLAIRE DALE and MICHELLE R. SMITHMay 14, 2021 GMT PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Thousands of retired Black professional football players, their families and supporters are demanding an end to the controversial use of “race-norming” to determine which players are eligible for payouts in the NFL’s $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims, a system experts say is discriminatory. Former Washington running back Ken Jenkins, 60, and his wife Amy Lewis on Friday delivered 50,000 petitions demanding equal treatment for Black player...
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 demanding an end to the controversial use of "race-norming" to determine which players are eligible for pa...
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 NFL's $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 by senior U.S. District Judge Anita B. Brody, who was handed 50,000 petitions on Friday by former Wa...
Opinion: Recent Hacks Prove U.S. Needs Federal Privacy Rules Data from the recent Facebook breach appeared to be several years old and Health Net did not disclose the details of their own breach until months later. Would a national privacy law change things for the better? by David Lazarus, Los Angeles Times / April 6, 2021 Shutterstock (TNS) — How many data breaches will it take before our leaders accept the need for a national privacy law? More than half a billion Facebook users, including 32 million in the United States, foun...