All posts tagged 'NFL and head injury'

Former Player Shelton Sues NFL Disability Plan

Posted on December 1st, 2010 · Posted in Brain Injury

Former Carolina Panthers running back Eric Shelton, claiming the National Football League is hypocritically just paying lip service to taking helmet-to-helmet hits seriously, has filed suit against the league’s disability plan. The New York Times wrote about the lawsuit Tuesday in a story headlined “Ex-Player Is Suing Over Pay For Injury.”  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/sports/football/30helmets.html?scp=1&sq=eric%20shelton&st=cse In his..
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NFL Owns Up To Dangers Of Concussions In New Locker Room Poster

Posted on July 28th, 2010 · Posted in Brain Injury

I wonder to what extent the National Football League has really changed its stance on concussions. The league, long criticized for downplaying and denying the long-term damage of of concussions, is making a poster for team locker rooms that will spell out rather frankly the dangers of brain injury, according to The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/27/sports/football/27concussion.html?ref=football..
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Women Lead The Charge In Battle Over The NFL and TBI

Posted on April 12th, 2010 · Posted in Brain Injury

 The New York Times during the past week has done a series of stories about the parties leading the fight to win compensation for retired National Football League players who have contracted early dementia.  In a story in the Sunday Times, headlined “In the Fight to Address Head Trauma, Women..
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Seeking Clean Slate, NFL Picks New Chairmen For Concussion Panel

Posted on March 18th, 2010 · Posted in Brain Injury

The National Football League, under pressure to devise a policy on concussions that will safeguard players, Tuesday shook up its committee on head injuries. It appointed two new co-chairman to head that panel. As The New York Times put it, with its actions this week the NFL appears to be..
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