Does the NFL represent “the single most egregious case of institutional racism in the 21st century”? HotAir

So said David Iowahawk Burge on Wednesday, and & well, let s just hope we don t see a worse example. The NFL announced that it would reverse a years-long practice of race norming for cognition in relation to benefits from its brain-injury fund for players. The league s policy was, um & well &

The NFL on Wednesday pledged to halt the use of race-norming which assumed Black players started out with lower cognitive function in the $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims and review past scores for any potential race bias.

The practice made it harder for Black retirees to show a deficit and qualify for an award. The standards were created in the 1990s in hopes of offering more appropriate treatment to dementia patients, but critics faulted the way they were used to determine payouts in the NFL concussion case.

Wednesday s announcement comes after a pair of Black players filed a civil rights lawsuit over the practice, medical experts raised concerns and a group of NFL families last month dropped 50,000 petitions at the federal courthouse in Philadelphia where the lawsuit had been thrown out by the judge overseeing the settlement.

Senior U.S. District Judge Anita B. Brody later took the unusual step of asking for a report on the issue. Black retirees hope it will include a breakdown of the nearly $800 million in payouts so far by race. They fear the data will never come to light.

via hotair.com

Forget it, Jake, it’s the NFL.