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League compares a given player s cognitive test scores with the supposed norm for his demographic group. under the methodology, black players are assumed to possess a lower level of cognitive function than the average white player. now, attorneys got involved and said that the standard means that in order to qualify for compensation, the average black player had to demonstrate greater levels of cognitive decline than a white counterpart. how is that not just, you know, straight-up rigging it against i mean, if they re saying that a black athlete starts at a lower level, obviously, any damage from a concussion would be harder to detect in the kind of tests used to give out money. was this about money, or was this about that nasty intersection of racism and money? you know, i think it s about both. on the one hand, it s about money because it comes from this concussion lawsuit, and the nfl is trying to pay out as little as possible when it comes to this concussion lawsuit and as far ....