More Black NFL retirees win dementia cases in rescored tests

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By MARYCLAIRE DALE

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Hundreds of Black NFL retirees denied payouts in the $1 billion concussion settlement now qualify for awards after their tests were rescored to eliminate racial bias.

Changes to the settlement made last year are meant to make the tests race-blind. The use of “race norming” in the dementia testing made it more difficult for Blacks to prove they had the kind of cognitive decline that qualifies retired players for awards that average $500,000 or more.

Nearly 650 men have had their dementia tests automatically rescored, according to a report released Friday by the law firm handling claims against the NFL. The retirees had met the other criteria for a successful claim, which includes hours of validity testing to show that their daily lives are significantly impaired and that they are not malingering.

Fifty-one now qualify for moderate to advanced dementia awards, which vary based on condition and years of play. Nearly 250 show signs of early dementia and will received up to $35,000 in enhanced medical testing and treatment. All of them initially failed to qualify because of the race-norming issues in testing.



FILE - Former NFL players Ken Jenkins, right, and Clarence Vaughn III, center right, along with their wives, Amy Lewis, center, and Brooke Vaughn, left, carry tens of thousands of petitions demanding equal treatment for everyone involved in the settlement of concussion claims against the NFL, to the federal courthouse in Philadelphia on May 14, 2021. Hundreds of Black NFL retirees denied payouts in the $1 billion concussion settlement now qualify for awards after their tests were rescored to eliminate racial bias. Changes to the settlement made last year are meant to make the tests race-blind. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)


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[LiberalFighter]

1. Race norming tests? WTF

How does race determine the outcome of the results?

I would perceive that if two persons of different races growing up in the same neighborhood, interests, education would be equal in intelligence provided there wasn't a congenital deficiency from the start.

[Marcuse]

2. The argument was that they were not that bright to begin with - so the real damage to them is less.

[BComplex]

3. This makes me livid!

WTF??? What century is this again??

[electric_blue68]

5. Wtf!!! Arrrrggggg!

Sputters... such racism!

[3Hotdogs]

4. In this day, why would anyone want to play football? I don't care how much money you make.

As Dan Quayle said "What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not having a mind is very wasteful. How true that is."

[cstanleytech]

6. Still surprised that so many of the players thought that repeated hits to the head would not

have consequences.

[brush]

10. Please. That's not the issue. The pure racism is.

Can't you see that?

[cstanleytech]

11. Oh, I am not denying that at all. Rather I am simply mystified how all the people that played

professional football did not realize that there might be long term consequences in a sport that is rather violent and involves repeated head impacts.

[Hekate]

7. Race norming. Jesus Christ on a Trailer Hitch.

[Lithos]

8. What the hell

Come on NFL - you can do better.

[brush]

9. Pure, unadulterated racism. How the league had nerve...

to do this for years I'll never understand. You can't be anymore racist than that. The players association should be suing for millions on behalf of the players who were denied benefits, and it's not matter that they won this appeal.