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(Reuters) - Former National Football League players who oppose the league's potential $1 billion settlement of lawsuits claiming it hid the risk of concussions on Monday asked a federal appeals court to throw out the accord.
In a filing with the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia, 10 former players said the accord covering more than 5,000 retirees was unfair because it excluded players yet to be diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative condition linked to repeated blows to the head.