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How 'race-norming' became part of the NFL's concussion settlement process

The Week in Philly from KYW Newsradio
The Week in Philly from KYW Newsradio
Episode • Nov 19, 2021 • 17m

That NFL Concussion settlement has been in the news for years since it was agreed upon, but recently there was a new chapter where we learned about an alarming concept that was being used in deciding who got paid and who didn’t or how much. It’s called race-norming. We wanted to talk about what it is and how it works and how something like it could still be around so we asked Ken Jacobsen, Practice Professor of Law at Temple University's Beasley School of Law to come on the podcast and explain what happened.

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