Former players sue NFL for knowingly hiding brain injury risks
A. Isaac 
A lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court yesterday claiming the NFL knew about brain injury risks as far back as the 1920′s. TMZ obtained a copy of the suit which was filed on behalf of seventy-five former players.
The suit claims the NFL commissioned a study in 1994, titled “NFL Committee on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury” and published a report in 2004, concluding there was “no evidence of worsening injury or chronic cumulative effects” from multiple concussions.
And, the suit alleges, it was not until June, 2010, that the NFL acknowledged concussions can lead to dementia, memory loss, CTE and related symptoms. All of the players are claiming they suffered injuries as a result of multiple concussions.
I’ve always said that if you swapped the word “concussion” with “traumatic brain injury”, you’d get a lot more attention from people. After all, that’s how the medical community views a blow to the head of that nature (MTBI-Mild Traumatic Brain Injury).
Aside from that, if any of this is true and the NFL knowingly concealed the info that the lawsuit alleges, well then, look for a settlement of some kind. In the end, that’s what these former players are after.
However, this question still remains. If players knew about the long-term risks of concussions, would they still have suited up. Considering the amount of compensation they received in the process, the answer, most likely, is yes.
NFL Sued for Allegedly Concealing Brain Injury Risks [TMZ]
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