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

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

Why did the NFL include race-norming as a factor in concussion settlements? Where did race-norming come from, and where is it still being used today?

The Week in Philly from KYW Newsradio

November 19, 202116m 10s

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Show Notes

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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