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Some ex-NFL players seek to re-work $1 billion concussion settlement

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Lawyers representing some former NFL players urged a federal appeals court on Thursday to scrap the league's $1 billion concussion settlement because it does not cover potential victims of a degenerative brain disease linked to repeated blows to the head.

The deal should include future payments for chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a disease found in a growing number of players after their deaths, the lawyers told the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia.

The settlement unfairly favors currently injured retirees and ignores a potential 19,000 players who have yet to be diagnosed with neurological diseases, critics of the deal claim.