Last week an NFL vice president acknowledged the connection between concussions and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. Some objectors to the proposed NFL concussion settlement immediately notified the court that this acknowledgement undermined the proposed settlement. The NFL then clarified its position in a letter to the court. Manatt sports law practice group chair, Ron Katz, comments on this situation in forbes.com:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/rkatz/2016/03/19/nfls-concussion-statements-undermined-by-medical-research/#511641f0796b