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Message: [QUOTE="Big Del, post: 3434340, member: 9291"] PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal judge has approved a plan to resolve thousands of NFL concussion lawsuits that could cost the league $1 billion over 65 years. [B][SIZE=5]The NFL expects 6,000 of nearly 20,000 retired players to suffer from Alzheimer's disease or moderate dementia someday. [/SIZE][/B]The settlement approved Wednesday by a federal judge in Philadelphia would pay them about $190,000 on average. The awards could reach $1 million to $5 million for those diagnosed in their 30s and 40s with Parkinson's disease or Lou Gehrig's disease, or for deaths involving chronic brain trauma. The league has been dogged for years by complaints that it long hid the risks of repeated concussions in order to return players to the field. [/QUOTE]

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