The NFL Head Trauma Settlement: For the Love of the Game?

November 12, 2013

The announcement just before Labor Day weekend that the NFL was settling the claims of thousands of former players who suffered serious head trauma from playing professional football generated big headlines and strong reactions. Not surprisingly, the participants in the settlement – the former players, their attorneys and the NFL — expressed satisfaction, or at least resignation, that the deal was fair for all involved. Equally expected, many\ commentators expressed strong views about the resolution, mostly lamenting how the settlement amount was