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The NFL Concussion Settlement Should Have Been Valued at $5 Billion

reading between the lines

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Latest NFL Concussion Settlement Reports Reveal Dementia Claims Still Under Siege

reading between the lines

In December, three NFL Concussion Settlement Status Reports were released; one by the Special Masters, one by the Claims Administrator, and one by the BAP Administrator. The reports provide a number of insights into the settlement both in the plain text and between its lines. I’ve been analyzing the three reports and crunching some additional numbers.

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NFL’s Treatment Of Retired Players in Concussion Settlement Shows League’s Lack of Integrity

Goodell

Roger Goodell and the NFL talk about integrity quite a bit.  Nothing is more important to them than the integrity of the game, they say.  Perhaps they need to invest in some dictionaries, because they speak of integrity but deliver the opposite.

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The Blitz – 1/21/18

The Blitz

Essential Sports & Sports Law News Week in Review ?Tweet of the Week: X x x x x x ?Read of the Week: Michigan State officials couldn’t be bothered to drive three miles to watch Larry Nassar sentencing https://t.co/h2lG7suX8O Strong reporting via @DanWetzel — Sheilla Dingus (@SheillaDingus) January 17, 2018

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The Blitz – Week of August 27

The Blitz

Important Sports & Sports Law News Week of August 27, 2017 ?Tweet of the Week: Happy Madden Day. I can enjoy a version of the @NFL where humans aren’t fleeced for their physical gifts & then tossed aside once broken. — Derek Helling (@dhellingsports) August 25, 2017 ⚖️Litigation Lane: NFL Concussion Settlement Bigger …

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The Blitz 4/12/17

The Blitz

?Crime Blotter: Joe McKnight Death Prosecutors want to use 2006 road-rage incident as evidence against Joe McKnight’s accused murderer | https://t.co/4xNndJnGBP — Ramon Antonio Vargas (@RVargasAdvocate) April 11, 2017 Joe McKnight deserved better than this death on hard asphalt. I wrote this for @TheUndefeated: https://t.co/zBWHA0oDd8 — Jane McManus (@janesports) December …

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The Blitz 4/3/17

The Blitz

⚖️Litigation Lane: ?Painkiller Pandemonium: I didn’t have time to get an article out but you can catch up on the latest in the NFL painkiller lawsuit through these tweets and the linked documents. #NFL Clubs file motion to dismiss SAC in painkiller lawsuit.
PDF: https://t.co/8DXf4KuDjj — Sheilla Dingus (@SheillaDingus) April 1, …

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The Blitz 3/20/17

The Blitz

⚖️Litigation Lane: Jerry Sandusky Former Penn State president goes to trial in Sandusky scandal https://t.co/wLsxv10nlK via @USATODAY — Kimberly Archie (@kimberlyarchie) March 19, 2017
Deflategate (the gift that keeps on giving) Richard Berman, the Deflategate judge, is still stunned at the size of the the NFL’s sanction. @kalynkahler‘s Q&A:

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The Blitz 3/7/17

The Blitz

⚖️Litigation Lane: Maurkice Pouncey Settlement reached in Maurkice Pouncey civil suit in Miami nightclub case https://t.co/61TcsoAZmR via @rayfitt1 — Sheilla Dingus (@SheillaDingus) March 6, 2017 Matt Barnes Kerr comfortable with Matt Barnes being a Warrior despite legal woes https://t.co/h6JaHegSbQ via @SherwoodStrauss — Sheilla Dingus (@SheillaDingus) March 6, 2017 Super …

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Judge Anita Brody’s Feb. 8 Concussion Settlement Conference

Judge Anita Brody

Judge Brody ‘s concussion settlement conference was livestreamed this morning so I took advantage and got a few notes in addition to some screen captures, and tweeted it out. Here’s the Twitter summary in case you may have missed anything.

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