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Lawyers representing former NFL players estimated Wednesday that payouts from the concussion settlement with the league will top $1.4 billion Marquis Haynes Jersey Elite , a $400 million jump because of thousands more players filing claims.
The number of players who filed to be a part of the settlement is outpacing all previous estimates and could keep growing, the lawyers said in a federal court filing based on estimates from an actuary. The estimate accounts for players who have filed claims and those who have officially given notice that they intend to file claims.
The actuary said participation rates are 21 percent higher than estimated when the settlement was reached. As of July 16, 499 claims totaling more than $485 million had been approved, according to the filing.
The massive increase in estimated payout came the same day a judge denied a request from the league to appoint a special investigator to look into what the league said are extensive fraudulent claims against the settlement fund.
Judge Anita Brody wrote in her federal court ruling that the league's attorneys had demonstrated that there is "sufficient evidence of probable fraud to warrant serious concern." But Brody said a special master and a claims administrator have effectively ferreted out those claims for now.
"The audit process is working effectively," Brody wrote in her deferral ruling, saying if the claims administrator or special master notify the court an investigator is needed, "the Court will rule on the motion at that time."
The league requested an investigator and cited in its May argument an independent study it said found more than 400 claims recommended for denial based on evidence of fraud by attorneys, doctors and former players attempting to cheat the program. The league has said those attempts to scam the $1 billion settlement fund have slowed down the awarding of valid claims.
The settlement, which took effect January 2017, resolved thousands of lawsuits that accused the NFL of hiding what it knew about the risks of repeated concussions.
It covers retired players who develop Lou Gehrig's disease, dementia or other neurological problems believed to be caused by concussions suffered during their pro careers http://www.coltsauthorizedshops.com/authentic-braden-smith-jersey , with awards as high as $5 million for the most serious cases.
Attorneys for the league had cited practices such as doctors seeing players for evaluation not in clinical settings, but in hotel rooms, law offices or other places. They also cited a doctor who said she spent seven to 12 hours evaluating each patient, but approved sometimes as many as eight patients a day.
A lawyer for several plaintiffs said Wednesday that he and others representing the players supported Brody's decision.
"Since the NFL filed its motion more than three months ago, the claims process has continued to accelerate and the current audit process is working effectively," said Chris Seeger, co-lead counsel for the retired players. "We will not allow a small number of potentially fraudulent claims to be used as an excuse by the NFL to deny payment to legitimately injured former players."
In their May arguments, Seeger and other attorneys noted that the instances of fraudulent claims would be cut dramatically after the most recent rules for claims went into effect, including a list of approved physicians to determine eligibility.
Brody warned in her ruling that she expects the process to ensure valid claims are promptly paid.
鈥?The NFL will look into adding targeting as a specific category for video review.Troy Vincent, the league’s football operations chief, says it is on the agenda to discuss with the competition committee and the players’ union after the season.In responding to questions about helmet-to-helmet hits and players launching to make tackles http://www.seahawksauthorizedshops.com/authentic-dontae-johnson-jersey , Vincent said Wednesday that the NFL has seen targeting reviews “work to a degree” in the college game.“I think it is something that we have to consider,” Vincent said. “We’ve seen that it has worked to a certain degree, it’s clean. … We think there have been some positives and we have talked to some of the conferences and the officials there, as well as with some student-athletes. It is a deterrent and something that we will consider; it is one of our agenda items to discuss during the offseason as we speak to the coaches and the competition committee.“It needs to be discussed because there are a lot of other ramifications that come along with that. It is on our agenda to be discussed beginning in February.”Bengals defensive end Carlos Dunlap wants no part of the college’s targeting ejection system.“I don’t want to do all that. I think they go overboard in college with the ejections,” he said. “You know some of them are football plays. If a kid gets ejected for that, I don’t think that’s right. But they don’t have fines in college, so I don’t know how you handle that one.”Vincent also noted that coaches, general managers, owners and players are adamant about not wanting players ejected from games unless there is no other option.“We don’t want to be in the business of ejecting players,” Vincent said. “There are only 17 weeks and the philosophy is, if it gets out of control Justin Reid Color Rush Jersey , we ask the referees to maintain control of the game, give them that flexibility. They have that flexibility, but we really emphasize let the players play, but if things begin to get out of control, you must maintain control of the game during that window.”There have been nine suspensions in 2017 for on-field acts. Ejections are much rarer, of course.“We have had clear directives from the competition committee,” Vincent said. “They asked us and the players to remove some of the helmet-to-helmet hits that we have seen, as well of some of the blindside blocks and other types of disparaging techniques and behaviors on the field.“We have clear directive that this is not something that should be progressive, but that we strongly consider removing a player that is using these techniques that we want out of our game immediately.”The league also will consider adding a category for non-football acts that break the rules, such as Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski’s hit on Bills cornerback Tre’Davious White.Gronkowski drew a one-game suspension under unnecessary roughness guidelines. White is in the league’s concussion protocol.“We’ve seen a few of these on occasion. It’s something that Jon (Runyan, who handles some NFL disciplinary cases) has raised to myself Cheap Uchenna Nwosu Jersey , and he’s actually raised to the appeals officers,” Vincent said.“He’ll bring that up in February when we begin meeting with our competition committee, our coaches’ subcommittee and our GMs. We will also bring this up with the NFL Players Association, but it is something that we do need to review.”Asked about potential mixed messages the NFL could be sending when it suspends Steelers receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster and Bengals safety George Iloka one game apiece for egregious hits in Monday night’s game, then changes Iloka’s discipline to only a fine on appeal, Vincent insisted the appeals reviews have been “very consistent, fair and firm.” He emphasized that appeals officers James Thrash and Derrick Brooks are employees of the league and the union.“I just think they try to send a message more than anything,” Steelers player representative Ramon Foster said. “They screwed it up. You say you’re concerned over player safety, but you had a guy who blatantly had a helmet to helmet and didn’t get suspended. You had a guy that just did a taunting and you try to justify it by suspending him. That’s not player safety.“Then you have another situation where a guy plows into another guy and you suspend him for one game. Why one game? Why not multiple games? Because the Steelers play the Patriots next week.”AP Sports Writers Joe Kay in Cincinnati and Will Graves in Pittsburgh contributed to this report..
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