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Here are excerpts from the interview, edited for length and clarity:
Q: What's new in the revised settlement?
(Players also now keep) the right to sue over non-cognitive things. That's a huge, huge change.
Under a tentative settlement, the NFL would pay at least $765 million to compensate nearly 20,Cheap Wholelsale NFL jerseys,000 retired players over 65 years. U.S. District Judge Anita B. Brody granted preliminary approval of the deal last month after the NFL removed a cap on the payouts. The settlement is designed to cover retired players who develop neurological problems believed to be caused by concussions sustained during their careers.
A: The cap's huge. Now there's a guarantee that the money will never run out,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, as long as the NFL exists. I don't think the NFL is going anywhere.
Mitnick, 52,Jeff Green Jersey, sat down with The Associated Press at his Haddonfield office this week to discuss the revised settlement. He will continue to meet with retired players' groups around the country before a Nov. 19 court hearing in Philadelphia, when Brody will evaluate the class-action plan and critics can challenge it. Players can then decide whether to opt out and perhaps sue the NFL on their own.
And the NFL's limit of 10 appeals (of player awards, per year) is out. They want to make sure that $2 billion doesn't go out to individuals who don't fit the intent of this settlement, or the criteria.
The proposed compensation grid weighs a man's age, cognitive condition and NFL experience. A young retiree with Lou Gehrig's disease would receive $5 million,Cheap Jerseys USA, a 50-year-old with Alzheimer's disease $1.6 million,Authentic NBA Jerseys Cheap, and an 80-year-old with mild dementia $25,000. Those numbers are discounted for those who played fewer than five years.
HADDONFIELD, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey lawyer Craig Mitnick represents about 1,400 players in the NFL concussion lawsuit, from ex-quarterbacks Mark Rypien and Jeff Hostetler to practice squad unknowns. Some of his clients suffer from Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease. Many more have significant dementia. Others simply fear the future. |
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