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NFL Concussion Settlement Draws Immediate Backlash — But Legal Experts Say Players Did OK

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$150,000 per affected player might not sound great. But lawyers following the case say that doesn’t mean the union got steamrolled.

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Not surprisingly given the league's very questionable history of dealing with concussions, and its $9 billion in annual revenue, immediate online reaction to news of the NFL's $765 million settlement to resolve concussion-related lawsuits with 4,500 former players was overwhelmingly negative. Football writers dismissed the proposed settlement, which breaks down to about $150,000 per player or estate, as laughably inadequate given the lifetime of medical expenses facing brain-damaged patients:


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