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NFL Argues Black Players Have Lower ‘Cognitive Skills’ Than Whites, Deserve Less Compensation For Brain Injuries
National File ^ | May 16, 2021 | TOM PAPPERT

Posted on 05/16/2021 5:26:33 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

The NFL has a $1 billion compensation program for players who sustain brain injuries while competing in the league, however, the NFL also has a secret algorithm it uses to determine the level of dispensation awarded to each injured athlete, and argues in court that it is correct to take into consideration what it maintains is the lower average “cognitive skills” of black players compared to other races. While former and current NFL players who suffer from dementia or other brain injuries are entitled to compensation from the NFL if their injuries were sustained while competing in the league, the NFL also argues that it is correct to assume that black players have lower “cognitive skills” on average, and this should be taken into consideration when awarding compensation. However, former Washington running back Ken Jenkins, 61, and his wife Amy Lewis, argue in U.S. District Court that awarding less compensation to black people is an example of inequality.

Detractors say the NFL’s algorithm is an example of “race norming,” and according to Newsweek, New York University Medical Ethicist Art Caplain explains, “Norming by race is not the stance that the NFL ought to take. It continues to look as if it’s trying to exclude people rather than trying to do what’s right, which is to help people that, clinically, have obvious and severe disability.”

Meanwhile, “The NFL’s scoring algorithm asserts that black men have lower cognitive skills to begin with and has impeded the ability for former black players to attain awards from the league’s settlement as they are required to score significantly lower than their white counterparts.” The NFL generally began admitting cognitive deficiencies could be caused from professional football in the early 2010s, but now challenges claims of cognitive injury regularly. In one high profile case,...

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To: E. Pluribus Unum

NFL brain injury lawsuit ping


61 posted on 05/16/2021 6:15:42 PM PDT by zeestephen
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

That will leave a mark.

You cannot say that, it’s against all the rules, you learned in school.


62 posted on 05/16/2021 6:17:02 PM PDT by doorgunner69 ("Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.." -Joseph Stalin)
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To: madison10
“Sounds like Southetn politicians...in 1920.”

Sounds to me like that old southern-born politician from the 1850s - Abraham Lincoln.

63 posted on 05/16/2021 6:17:07 PM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Wow. The NFL supports The Bell Curve. Whodathunk it?

The National File is referencing the following story on MSN:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/black-men-have-lower-cognitive-skills-than-white-men-nfl-asserts-in-brain-injury-lawsuits/ar-BB1gKjwi


64 posted on 05/16/2021 6:21:10 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Chinese communism will look different once the masks come off.)
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To: redcatcherb412

LOL!!! Well played.


65 posted on 05/16/2021 6:21:10 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Fascists never think they’re the fascists.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

They are telling the truth.

That said, not sure how that legally equates to they deserve lesser payouts than whites.

That also said, I hope the nfl fails miserably. Dead to me, forever.


66 posted on 05/16/2021 6:21:19 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

This has to be satire.


67 posted on 05/16/2021 6:21:38 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Why does the NFL even have $1 billion compensation plan for brain injuries?

Doesn’t that add to the argument that football is a dangerous contact sport? Besides let each player sign a waiver before they take that million dollar paycheck. Let each player take their chances.


68 posted on 05/16/2021 6:22:40 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Actual FR Quote: “I ain’t getting no Covid Vaccine. I’d rather get Covid and DIE before I get a jab.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The NFL is dead to me. This is just a few more nails in their coffin.


69 posted on 05/16/2021 6:23:11 PM PDT by xp38
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Wow. They didn’t administer IQ tests or anything. Went straight for the skin color.

Let’s see how the front office plays this one. LMAO!


70 posted on 05/16/2021 6:24:30 PM PDT by Salvavida
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Nuke clouds soon over NFL HQ in NYC as the commish gets burned in effigy by BLM and the Antifa crowd down in Times Square and out in front of the HQ. But, they should tell that to the likes of the black gentlemen who have given us some of our great works in the sciences, math and schools. Dr. Walter Williams and others are very smart men. Dr. King, while not a nuke scientist, was a smart fellow also, plus a republican!! The NFL is going to hate the day they put this out. Oh, by the way, who cares about the NFL. I don’t watch anymore anyway.


71 posted on 05/16/2021 6:25:06 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (Free Will. GOD gives you the choice I accept or reject Him! Choose Him. It depends on you.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Last comment.

A good lawyer would argue then, that blacks deserve MORE comensation rather than less, as every point they lose is a lot more devastating to them than whites, if you assume they are starting with less ability in the first place.

IE for a guy with $50 losing 25 dollars is a lot worse than a guy with $200 losing $25.


72 posted on 05/16/2021 6:25:15 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: pnut22

You should not make fun of LeBron James, cause he is in the NBA


73 posted on 05/16/2021 6:25:33 PM PDT by Steven Tyler
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I would like to see the NFL make that argument to a jury. You’d need a calculator with exponents to measure the verdict.


74 posted on 05/16/2021 6:26:32 PM PDT by Spok (There are many more things that frighten us than can cause us harm.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

If you start with less, you end with less, eh?


75 posted on 05/16/2021 6:29:18 PM PDT by blam
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
"NFL Argues Black Players Have Lower ‘Cognitive Skills’ Than Whites, Deserve Less Compensation For Brain Injuries"

Turd, meet Punch Bowl.

76 posted on 05/16/2021 6:32:27 PM PDT by The Duke (Search for 'Sydney Ducks' and understand what is needed.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Colin Kaepernick, case in point.


77 posted on 05/16/2021 6:35:14 PM PDT by bwest
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

This will be better than watching a football game!

NFL vs NFLPA and BLM

Gonna need LOTS of popcorn!


78 posted on 05/16/2021 6:35:43 PM PDT by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Actually, there is some scientific validity to this although I wouldn't try to explain it to the press, not in this environment.

Cognitive impairment is measured by the person taking a written test developed years ago. This results in a cognitive "score" that either shows normal cognition or some level of impairment.

However, different groups score differently among people with normal cognition. The most common reason is if the person is is not a native English speaker because the test was written in English by a native speaker. So, the resulting score has to be "normed" for these differences. Otherwise, to take the present case as an example, a Black person may be scored as impaired even if their test results fall within the range of normal cognition for their group, which would result in a non-impaired person being compensated.

That said, I have absolutely no intention of arguing on behalf of the NFL for a host of reasons. In fact, I'm rather enjoying their pain.

79 posted on 05/16/2021 6:38:24 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

That won’t fly


80 posted on 05/16/2021 6:39:19 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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