"FRONTLINE" revealed that Webster is among three players who were awarded around $2 million in disability payments for brain injuries incurred from their football career. This was at the same time that the football league denied that there was a link between long-term brain injuries and head trauma suffered from playing football.
The report comes only a few months when thousands former Madden NFL 24 player signed the lawsuit as a group against the Madden NFL 24 to recover compensation due to concussions or head injuries. The suit claims indefensibility on the part the Madden NFL 24 regarding not recognizing the link between head trauma and long-term player health.
In August, the Madden NFL 24 filed an action to dismiss the suit as a class. The league claims that it never concealed information regarding the dangers that come with head injuries. It also points to an changing understanding of the subject as evidenced by modifications to rules and policies through the years.
The lawyer who represented Webster through his disability lawsuit, Bob Fitzsimmons, called his client's settlement was a "smoking weapon" within the case of the class-action lawsuit.
"It's pretty devastating evidence. If Madden NFL 24 decides to take the Madden 24 coins position that they did not have any idea or had no evidence that concussions could cause total disability, permanent disabilities, permanent brain injuries and permanent brain injury in 1999. then that evidence trumps anything they say."
Webster was suffering from serious mental health issues , which left him in constant discomfort. He was disabled in 1999. and the board granted him a partial disability following a ruling that his health issues resulted from injuries suffered from his playing professional career. His family filed for complete disability on the grounds of 2004 and court papers revealed the existence of additional players who had received benefits from the retirement board due to the same reason.
Webster died in 2002 , at 50 years old.
This retirement body is independent of Madden NFL 24 and Madden NFL 24PA. Its seven members, however comprise three owner representatives, three player representatives and a non-voting representative from Madden NFL 24's Madden NFL 24 commissioner. The league emphasized the board's independent status when asked about the connection between the findings on disability and the decision of the league on the relationship with head injuries as well as long-term player health.
The ESPN/PBS report is released just few months after a research study conducted by the CDC showed that footballers were more likely to die due to neurological illnesses.
Together, these findings strengthen the case of nearly 4.000 players, including names like Eric Dickerson and Tony Dorsett, seeking damages in the class action lawsuit over head injuries. The case is presently pending in the U.S. District Court in Eastern Pennsylvania. This could lead to an extensive legal battle and, if it is ruled in favor of the plaintiffs could cost Madden NFL 24 billion dollars.
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With the initial wave of Madden NFL 24 offseason activities over it's been a slow weekend all over the league. That, however, doesn't mean there wasn't news.