Brain-related conditions such as a dementia, memory loss, and CTE affecting former football players have been in the news for the past year as more and more players are stepping forward with their illnesses.
Researchers are finding the conditions are a result of repeated concussions and blows to the head on the football field. After years of being ignored by the NFL, 75 former football players have finally decided it’s time for their employers to pay for their negligence.
In a lawsuit filed at the L.A. County Superior Court on Monday, players say the NFL intentionally concealed the harmful effects of game-related concussions for NINETY YEARS, claiming:
“The NFL knew as early as the 1920’s of the harmful effects on a player’s brain of concussions; however, until June of 2010 they concealed these facts from coaches, trainers, players and the public.”
According to the suit, the NFL commissioned a study in 1994 called NFL Committee on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, then published a report in 2004 concluding there was “no evidence of worsening injury or chronic cumulative effects” from multiple concussions.
However, the organization switched their tune in June 2010 and began to acknowledge the serious brain damage related conditions that too many tackles can cause.
If these allegations are true, the NFL has some serious explaining to do!
[Image via AP Images.]