More than 200 former players or their families have opted out of the proposed settlement of National Football League concussion claims, fewer than 1 percent of the retirees covered by the deal, according to court documents filed Monday. Retired players …
The National Football League on Thursday is expected to ask a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by former players who say team officials gave them powerful painkillers and other drugs to keep them on the field without regard …
The National Football League should expect more injury-related lawsuits from former players, according to the executive director of the players’ union. “Reality will dictate that it’s never really the end of lawsuits,” DeMaurice Smith, executive director of the NFL Players …
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says the league will continue to do “everything we can” to make football safer. Player safety in the NFL has been a frequent topic of conversation recently and Goodell discussed it again Wednesday during a lecture …