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The NFL has said it will stop settling concussion lawsuits using a race-based formula that assumes black players have a lower level of cognitive function.
America's top-flight football league also pledged to review previous brain injury claims that have been settled via the practice known as race-norming.
The judge overseeing the sprawling settlement deal has tossed out the civil lawsuit, but took the unusual step of calling for a full report on the racial bias allegations.
In its use of race-norming, the league compares a given player's cognitive test scores with the supposed norm for his demographic group. Under the methodology, black players are assumed to possess a lower level of cognitive function than the average white player.
Pretty bad that something like this is still going on in this day and age, thankfully they have agreed to stop using it
America's top-flight football league also pledged to review previous brain injury claims that have been settled via the practice known as race-norming.
The judge overseeing the sprawling settlement deal has tossed out the civil lawsuit, but took the unusual step of calling for a full report on the racial bias allegations.
In its use of race-norming, the league compares a given player's cognitive test scores with the supposed norm for his demographic group. Under the methodology, black players are assumed to possess a lower level of cognitive function than the average white player.
Pretty bad that something like this is still going on in this day and age, thankfully they have agreed to stop using it
NFL agrees to drop race bias in concussion claims
One former player says the practice used to settle brain injury cases was "classic systemic racism".
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