Tag: dementia
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Courtroom or Leopard Lounge?
It’s hard to tell when you observe the attack on Amon Gordon’s dementia claim.
Permanent link to this article: https://advocacyforfairnessinsports.org/2020/02/25/courtroom-or-leopard-lounge/
Concussion Appeal Confirms the NFL Leopard Doesn’t Change Its Spots
Courtroom or Leopard Lounge? When you consider the NFL and its highly paid Paul Weiss lawyers are the symbolic leopards in this picture it’s really hard to tell the difference. There’s an adage among lawyers that says, “If the facts are on your side, argue the facts. If the law is on your side argue the law. If neither the facts nor the law is on your side, yell the loudest.” Brad Karp and Bruce Birenboim of Paul Weiss have refined the latter to an art in their representation of the NFL, along with developing mastery in deflecting away from the real issues their opponents raise while reiterating a one-sided refrain that repeats over and over until the officers of the court are sufficiently programmed to sing along.
Perhaps nothing illustrates this better than their latest briefing in the Amon Gordon appeal.
Permanent link to this article: https://advocacyforfairnessinsports.org/nfl-concussion-settlement/concussion-appeal-confirms-the-nfl-leopard-doesnt-change-its-spots/
Permanent link to this article: https://advocacyforfairnessinsports.org/2020/01/08/the-nfl-concussion-settlement-should-have-been-valued-at-5-billion/
Latest NFL Concussion Settlement Reports Reveal Dementia Claims Still Under Siege
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.
Permanent link to this article: https://advocacyforfairnessinsports.org/nfl-concussion-settlement/latest-nfl-concussion-settlement-reports-reveal-dementia-claims-still-under-siege/
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New Concussion Settlement Claims Requirement Is a Set-Up For Denial
As a result of Judge Brody’s orders restructuring the MAF program, all but eliminating the settlement’s provisions and protections for pre-effective date claims, and narrowing the generally consistent standard to a hair-thin line, the claims administrator has developed new forms that whether or not by design, will lead players into a trap the NFL has long awaited.
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The NFL Now Thinks Having Dementia is a Crime
In fact, the NFL now considers it a crime punishable by a 20-year prison term!
Permanent link to this article: https://advocacyforfairnessinsports.org/2019/08/03/the-nfl-now-thinks-having-dementia-is-a-crime/
The NFL Wants to Send Former Players to Prison
This is not an exaggeration. In an investigation that Advocacy for Fairness in Sports has been pursuing for the past two months, we’ve finally obtained evidence of the NFL’s latest bid to stop dementia claims in their tracks and to once and for all, put a lid on the uncapped settlement purposed to compensate players suffering from latent brain injury.
The NFL is seeking to permanently disqualify players from the settlement program and pursue criminal fraud charges against them if they feel they have “evidence” of a player misrepresenting any details of his condition.
Permanent link to this article: https://advocacyforfairnessinsports.org/nfl-concussion-settlement/exclusive-nfl-wants-to-send-former-players-to-prison/
Texas Neurology Society Discusses the NFL Concussion Settlement
Reprinted with permission. Article in Texas Neurological Society newsletter, questions diagnostic criteria for dementia diagnoses and urges NFL to use the opportunity the settlement presents to study brain injury in its population.
Permanent link to this article: https://advocacyforfairnessinsports.org/nfl-concussion-settlement/texas-neurology-society-discusses-the-nfl-concussion-settlement/
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