The NFL concussion settlement in Jan 2017 was supposed to deliver justice in the form of financial compensation for retired players affected by hazardous work conditions. 2 yrs later, justice remains delayed. Let’s review how the NFL has avoided paying settlement claims. [THREAD] 1) The @NFL has demanded “audits” of more than HALF of claims submitted - sometimes demanding MULTIPLE audits of the same claim. This forces players and their families to endure an exhausting, opaque process more than once: bit.ly/2UfvYby

At today's meeting between @NFLPA reps & @NFL execs/owners, I plan to share this viral video of @RepBetoORourke being asked if NFL players kneeling is disrespectful. The tone he sets makes me proud to be a Texan & gives me hope that a productive dialogue is possible [THREAD]

https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1032017750829531142

Imagine if the @NFL’s first response to @Kaepernick7’s protest acknowledged the phenomenon that was unfolding was “a very tough issue that if we don’t talk about, will not get any better”

(NFL GUARANTEED MONEY THREAD)

I will never understand how billionaire team owners have convinced the public that the players, who put their bodies on the line every week and make less than 50% of league revenue, are the “ungrateful” ones. Considering football’s level of brute, immanent physicality, high turnover as well as the short life cycle of its participants, it would seem to me that NFL players are in the most need of fully guaranteed contracts.