re: This is really, really bad for the NFL

i'm not going to quote the entire complaint, but it looks like the allegations of fraud are only post-1994

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22. The NFL caused or contributed to the injuries and increased risks to Plaintiffs
through its acts and omissions by, among other things: (a) historically ignoring the true risks of
MTBI in NFL football; (b) failing to disclose the true risks of repetitive MTBI to NFL players; and
(c) since 1994 deliberately creating false scientific studies and spreading misinformation
concerning the cause and effect relation between MTBI in NFL football and latent
neurodegenerative disorders and diseases.

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*ETA: the complaint itself notes public studies on this issue are really old

quote:

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3. The published medical literature, as detailed later in this Complaint, contains studies of
athletes dating back as far as 1928 demonstrating a scientifically observed link between repetitive
blows to the head and neuro-cognitive problems. The earliest studies focused on boxers, but by the
1950s and 1960s, a substantial body of medical and scientific evidence had been developed specifically
relating to neuro-cognitive injuries in the sport of football.

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