Dave D’Alessandro, a sports writer for The Star-Ledger in New Jersey, wrote a powerful column Tuesday about New York Giants CEO John Mara, concussions and the lawsuits that hundreds of ex-NFL players have filed against the league over long-term brain injury. http://www.nj.com/ledger-dalessandro/index.ssf/2012/07/giants_owner_john_mara_discusses_nfl_brain_injuries.html John Mara, the heir of the Wellington Mara..
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Nearly 100 concussion lawsuits filed by ex-pro players against the NFL are being consolidated, according to various press reports. http://www.latimes.com/sports/football/nfl/la-sp-nfl-concussions-20120608,0,2393930.story On Thursday lawyers, representing more than 2,000 former NFL players who claim they’ve sustained permanent brain damage under suffering concussions, filed a complaint to consolidate some 85 suits, according to..
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Here’s one of the smartest decisions I’ve seen anyone make in a long time: Cincinnati Bengals Jacob Bell is retiring from football, citing last week’s suicide by Junior Seau. Bell, who has played eight seasons in the NFL, has told numerous media outlets that he doesn’t want to risk sustaining..
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A day after Junior Seau’s suicide, more than 100 former NFL players — including ex-Green Bay Packers quarterback Don Majkowski — filed suit in Atlanta against the league, the latest in a string of lawsuits over the issue of concussions and safety. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-500290_162-57427518/nfl-faces-new-concussion-lawsuit-by-more-than-100-ex-players/ The latest lawsuit was filed Thursday in..
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How many more of these suicides will I have to write about? Today, Wednesday, ex-National Football League player Junior Seau apparently killed himself at his home in Oceanside, Calif. He was only 43, and his death comes less than two weeks after the suicide of another NFL player, Ray Easterling...
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Authorities have ruled that former National Football League player Ray Easterling’s death Thursday was a suicide. Unfortunately, it’s not really a surprise. He’s just the latest in a string of former pro players who developed dementia-like symptoms in what have should been their golden years. They decided to pull a..
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The New Orleans Saints’ practice of offering its players “bounties” to injure opposing players could make the team the target of lawsuits, according to legal scholars interviewed by The New York Times. The Times looked into the issue of what legal liability the Saints team may have for ir program..
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Well, the Associated Press has done the legwork, and gotten some of the stories behind, the batch of concussion-related lawsuits that have been filed by ex-players against the National Football League. These tales may put tomorrow’s football dog-and-pony show, the Super Bowl, in a new perspective. There have been many articles written..
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Brace yourself to see a commerical Sunday that you wouldn’t expect to pop up during the Super Bowl: An NFL ad on player safety. The league, according to The New York Times, has anted up several million dollars to produce the TV spot and a companion website, nfl.com/evolution. It looks like it is..
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On Thursday the National Football League offered a preview of its defense against 21 lawsuits filed by several hundred retired players in six states: These ex-players can’t seek damages for concussions, since safety issues fall under the collective bargaining agreement they had with the league. http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/us-panel-mulls-whether-to-merge-nfl-player-concussion-lawsuits-against-the-football-league/2012/01/26/gIQAxawGSQ_story.html There were numerous press..
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