Health Equity

NFL families seek to end ‘race-norming’ in $1B settlement of brain injury claims

Abstract: Thousands of retired Black professional football players, their families and supporters are demanding an end to the controversial use of "race-norming" to determine which players are eligible in the NFL's $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims.

Publication: ESPN

Date Published: May 14, 2021

Author(s): Associated Press

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