Dorsett, Marshall, and Joe D Diagnosed With CTE

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Three more names in the near-year history of the NFL have now been told that they have been diagnosed with the tau protein associated with CTE.

Tony Dorsett, Leonard Marshall, and Joe DeLammielleure have had some of their brain tissue examined at UCLA Medical Center and have now been given the news...

William Weinbaum and Steve Delsohn have traced the new round of diagnoses at ESPN...

Here's the latest...


The NFL has, naturally, declined to comment. The league still says, and even moreso now with the settlement made with players in the concussion lawsuit, that you can't connect football to CTE or any other kind of brain damage...

Of course, they have...

Adam Benigni caught up with Joe D...
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DEVELOPING: NFL and Players Settle On Concussions

There is a proposed settlement in the concussions lawsuit...

More when we know more...

But if you divide $765-million into 4,500 it averages $170,000 per player- which, the HQ thinks, is a mere drop in the bucket when it comes to treatment (past, present, and future) of all the player's issues that have built up over time.

The settlement would fund medical exams, concussion-related compensation and medical research.

The plaintiffs include at least 10 members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, including Tony Dorsett, Jim McMahon and Junior Seau.

Senior U.S. District Judge Anita Brody announced the proposed settlement, but she still needs to approve the deal...

UPDATE: $765 less 30% atty fees is $535.5 m / 4500 players= $119k if fees come off the top