NFL pledges to halt 'race-norming,' review Black claims - Sportsnet.ca

PHILADELPHIA — The NFL on Wednesday pledged to halt the use of "race-norming" — which assumed Black players started out with lower cognitive function — in the $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims and review past scores for any potential race bias.

Senior U.S. District Judge Anita B. Brody later took the unusual step of asking for a report on the issue. Black retirees hope it will include a breakdown of the nearly $800 million in payouts so far by race. They fear the data will never come to light. "The replacement norms will be applied prospectively and retrospectively for those players who otherwise would have qualified for an award but for the application of race-based norms," the NFL said in a statement issued Wednesday by spokesman Brian McCarthy.

The NFL noted that the norms were developed in medicine "to stop bias in testing, not perpetrate it." And both Seeger and the league said the practice was never mandatory, but left to the discretion of doctors taking part in the settlement program.

Hard to believe in 2021 with everything that has gone on in the US that the NFL is STILL so racist.

Good. Also hire Colin Kapnerick back. BlackLivesMatter ColinKaepernick

Every player should be tested as soon as they play high school football, through college and to the pros if they make it. This stops the comparisons to an average or norm. The player can be compared to his own baselines leaving no doubt whether there is a decline in CF.

What! This was a thing?! 🤔🙄

Nfl. The most racist league sports. Yet predominantly played by black men. The irony.

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