In settling the suit, the league’s own actuaries estimated that nearly a third of all NFL players will suffer some form of brain illness.įor those fans (or recovering fans, like me) who like to cart out the rationalization that NFL players know what they’re signing up for in terms of health risks, the whole point of the lawsuit is that the NFL spent decades denying those risks, or downplaying them by generating junk science. If you want an even more egregious example, consider the league’s use of “race norming.” To understand how this works, it’s important to know that 4,500 former players sued the league a decade ago, seeking compensation for the neurological damage they suffered playing football. This isn’t a legal claim so much as a factual description of the NFL’s racial and monetary dynamics.
The owners watch the games from atop NFL stadiums in their luxury boxes, while their majority-Black workforce put their bodies on the line every Sunday, taking vicious hits and suffering debilitating injuries to their bodies and their brains while the NFL and its owners reap billions of dollars. Its 32 owners - none of whom are Black - profit substantially from the labor of NFL players, 70% of whom are Black. The NFL is racially segregated and is managed much like a plantation.
“In certain critical ways,” the filing maintains: Last week, former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores filed a class action lawsuit against the National Football League that contained at least two explosive claims: that NFL owners engaged in sham interviews of minority candidates - a claim bolstered by text messages from none other than Bill Belichick - and that Dolphins owner Steven Ross had offered Flores cash to lose games on purpose, so the team could snag a top draft choice.īut the most remarkable aspect of the suit is that it says the quiet part out loud when it comes to the league’s inherent racial exploitation. (Wesley Hitt/Getty Images) This article is more than 1 year old. Brian Flores of the Miami Dolphins talks with a official during a game against the Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium on Januin Nashville, Tennessee.
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