Despite gripes from many former players and their attorneys over the settlement process in the NFL concussion case, the league and the class counsel have repeatedly expressed confidence and faith in the system that’s in place. The federal judge overseeing the case apparently agrees.
U.S. District Judge Anita Brody issued an order Tuesday denying a request to shake up the attorneys that oversee the settlement on behalf of the players. Complaining that the settlement is “failing to provide a fraction of what the NFL promised,” Gene Locks, a Philadelphia-based attorney who represents 1,100 players in the case, asked the court last month to grant him more authority for the entire class.