September

September 19, 2011

Jim McMahon Case Class-Action Lawyer: More Concussion Lawsuits Coming ‘Over Next Few Weeks’

From “Football Players vs. NFL – League Mishandled Concussion-Related Injuries” by Michael Monheit, http://phoenix.injuryboard.com/head-and-brain-injuries/football-players-v-nfl-league-mishandled-concussionrelated-injuries.aspx?googleid=294248: The most recent filing in Philadelphia [federal court on behalf of former […]
September 19, 2011

NBC Embarrasses Itself, Insults Viewers With Non-Coverage of Michael Vick Concussion

Al Michaels, Chris Collinsworth, and everyone involved in the production of last night’s NBC telecast of the Philadelphia Eagles-Atlanta Falcons game have to be questioning their […]
September 17, 2011

New York Times’ Alan Schwarz Resurfaces in NPR Concussion Dialogue

On September 8, National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation with Neal Conan featured a discussion of the concussion issue by guests Alan Schwarz of The […]
September 17, 2011

Dr. Cantu Steps on His Own Concussion Message

Dr. Robert Cantu boosted sports reform several days ago by calling for a halt to collision sports for under-14 youth. See https://concussioninc.net/?p=4578. Just as quickly, he […]
September 16, 2011

‘Is There a Veterans’ “Bonus March” in the NFL’s Future?’ (full text)

[originally published 9/13/11 at http://www.beyondchron.org/articles/Is_There_a_Veterans_Bonus_March_in_the_NFL_s_Future__9509.html]   by Irvin Muchnick The blog of Dave Pear, head of Independent Football Veterans, the best-organized group of dissident disabled National […]
September 15, 2011

National Collegiate Players Association President Ramogi Huma’s Statement on Concussion Lawsuit Against NCAA

Ramogi Huma, the former UCLA linebacker who founded and presides over the quasi-union National College Players Association (http://www.ncpanow.org), provided this blog with a statement on the […]
September 15, 2011

Sports Fans Coalition: NFL Must Reconsider Player Disability Claims That Were ‘Swept Aside’

The previous post updates Dave Duerson developments. Trust me when I say the scandal of the late Duerson’s work on the NFL Retirement Plan board is […]
September 15, 2011

NFL Lawyer to FoxSports.com: No Comment on Account of Dave Duerson Absence From Retirement Board Meeting

Alex Marvez, senior pro football writer for FoxSports.com, reports that a federal judge in Maryland has set a February 27, 2012, trial date in retired National […]
September 15, 2011

Matt Chaney With an Early-Season National Roundup of Football Deaths

Taylor Branch’s new Atlantic article, “The Shame of College Sports,” has stimulated discussion and rightly so. But while we talk about whether college football players should […]
Concussion Inc. - Author Irvin Muchnick