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Hall of Famer: NFL 'turned its back' on players, football 'too dangerous for kids'

Nick Buoniconti — a former Dolphins linebacker and Hall-of-Fame player — is hurting in his post-football career.

And he wants the NFL to be held responsible, he told New York Daily News. Not just to him, but to his peers who have been handed "a fraud" of a settlement in the class-action lawsuit filed against the NFL in the aftermath of increased concussion awareness.

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"I just think the NFL has totally turned its back on the players," Buoniconti told the News.