NFL, Players Agree to End ‘Race-Norming’ in $1 Billion Settlement October 22, 2021 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The NFL and lawyers for thousands of retired NFL players have reached an agreement to end race-based...
Top Sports Broker Says Risk Management Is the Answer to Football’s Insurance Problem February 1, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson ESPN ran an in-depth report recently about insurers being unwilling to cover the National Football League (NFL) for general liability...
NFL Drops Dementia Claims Appeal in Concussion Case January 11, 2019 By MARYCLAIRE DALE The NFL abruptly dropped its plan Wednesday to challenge approved dementia diagnoses in a landmark concussion case as players’ lawyers...
Former Player Says Parents Should Be Warned of Football’s Risks October 17, 2017 By BEN NUCKOLS Parents should be informed before they sign up their kids to play football that the sport can cause long-term neurological...
Despite Lack of NFL Funding, CTE Research Continues June 9, 2016 By JIMMY GOLEN Researchers are moving ahead with efforts to develop a diagnostic test for chronic traumatic encephalopathy – even without the NFL’s...
Federal Agency Alleges NFL Sought to Influence Study on Brain Injuries May 26, 2016 By ANDREW TAYLOR National Football League officials improperly sought to influence a government study on the link between football and brain disease, according...
Study Finds Student Athletes Share Same Injury Risks as NFL Players December 3, 2015 By John Tozzi In the movie Concussion, Will Smith plays the doctor who discovered the condition known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE,...
Past NFL Player Gifford Suffered From Degenerative Brain Disease December 3, 2015 By Lisa Wolfson and Christopher Palmeri Former professional football player and TV commentator Frank Gifford, who died in August at age 84, suffered from a degenerative...
President Weighs in on Deflate Gate February 3, 2015 President Barack Obama is weighing into the controversy over deflated footballs and says the National Football League should be considering...
Youth Sports Concussion Epidemic Spurs Research Initiative May 30, 2014 By Sonali Basak and Alex Wayne President Barack Obama will announce $86 million in projects to improve detection of concussions in children and research their effects,...