Seven retired NFL players attacked the proposed concussion settlement on Wednesday. The players complained the deal "comes nowhere near being fair, adequate and reasonable."
In their complaint filed in a Philadelphia federal court the litigants complained that the deal was lousy for the players and a great deal for the NFL and class counsel. They are asking Judge Anita Brody to refuse to grant preliminary approval.
The seven players who filed the objection are Sean Morey, Alan Faneca, Ben Hamilton, Robert Royal, Rock Cartwright, Jeff Rohrer and Sean Considine.
Although all seven former players are suffering from concussion related symptoms but because their symptoms have not deteriorated into chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), they would collect nothing under the current proposal.
The players are also critical of the $122.5 million in fees to be awarded to the class counsel. They accuse the lawyers who negotiated the settlement of creating "a procedural labyrinth designed to limit the number and amount of settlement payouts."
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