More than 2,000 former football players have filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the National Football League, claiming that it knowingly concealed information tying football-related injuries to brain damage. The filing, whose claims are denied by the NFL, constitutes the largest lawsuit ever in American sports.
Per CNN:
NFL spokesman Brian McCarthey acknowledged the filing, but added that there was nothing new to the claim other than that it merges them all in one place.
“Our legal team will review today’s filing that is intended to consolidate plaintiffs’ existing claims into one “master” complaint,” he said. “The NFL has long made player safety a priority and continues to do so. Any allegation that the NFL sought to mislead players has no merit. It stands in contrast to the league’s many actions to better protect players and advance the science and medical understanding of the management and treatment of concussions.”
