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New Program Status Reports 2020 Settlement Program Highlights

he Special Masters, the BAP Administrator and Now that 2021 is here, we want to highlight some of what happened last year in the

Twe each filed a report with the Court on January Program. Go to the Reports & Statistics page on the Settlement Website to see
26, 2021. These are posted on the Status Reports total numbers since the Program opened. Here are some highlights on the period
page of the Settlement Website and explain overall from January to December 2020:
progress in the implementation of the Settlement.
We encourage you to read each report. Contact 188 Retired NFL Football Players and Representative Claimants received
Case 2:12-md-02323-AB Document 11286 Filed 02/12/21 Page 1 of 9
the BAP Administrator (1-855-887-3485, option 2) 1 Notices of Monetary Award (including Notices of Post-Appeal Monetary
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
about its Status Reports. No. 2:12-md-02323-AB Award and Supplemental Monetary Award).
IN RE: NATIONAL FOOTBALL
LEAGUE PLAYERS’ CONCUSSION MDL No. 2323
INJURY LITIGATION Hon. Anita B. Brody

If you have questions about the Special Masters’ Kevin Turner and Shawn Wooden, Civ. Action No. 14-00029-AB $138,122,476.38 was paid to or on behalf of 286 Players and Representative
on behalf of themselves and
others similarly situated,
Plaintiffs, 2
report, contact us and not the Special Masters v. Claimants.
National Football League and
NFL Properties LLC,
successor-in-interest to
directly. We will pass your inquiries on to the Special NFL Properties, Inc.,
Defendants.

THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO:
Masters and get back to you. Let us know if you ALL ACTIONS 3 Eight Derivative Claimants received Notices of Derivative Claimant Award.

CLASS COUNSEL’S STATUS REPORT NO.1
REGARDING THE EDUCATION FUND PROGRAMS
have questions about our reports or suggestions on I. Introduction
things we should cover in the future. a $10 million Education Fund to support education programs promoting safety and injury 4 $96,823.04 was paid to or on behalf of 16 Derivative Claimants.
As the Court is aware, the Amended Settlement Agreement approved by the Court created
prevention with respect to football players, and programs to educate Retired Players regarding the
NFL CBA Medical and Disability Benefits. Amended Settlement Agreement, Section 3.1(c). The
Education Fund was fully funded by the NFL upon the Effective Date of the Settlement in
accordance with Article XXIII of the Amended Settlement Agreement. We handled 6,130 communications, including 2,452 emails and 3,433 calls
5 made or received.
Education Fund Status Report
6 We issued 1,423 notices to 833 different persons.
he Settlement Agreement created a $10 million Education Fund to support education
Tprograms promoting safety and injury prevention with respect to football players, 7 Players attended 968 BAP exam appointments.
and programs to educate Retired Players regarding the NFL CBA Medical and Disability
Benefits. On March 23, 2020, the Court approved the following three initiatives to best The BAP Administrator scheduled 912 new BAP exam appointments (some
serve the purposes of the Education Fund: 8 of which will take place in 2021).
There were 104,099 unique visits to the Settlement Website, coming from
e innovATe 9 96 countries and all 50 of the United States.
Users completed 5,833 unique downloads while visiting the Settlement
Website. The most frequently downloaded document was the Settlement
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Agreement, followed by the Monetary Award Grid and Diagnosis and
Financial support for Funding for, and creation Distribution of additional Review Table.
The innovATe Project; of, a Medical Information Educational Materials to
Research Database; and Retired Players. 11 We added 18 new FAQs and two new FAQ categories (External Evidence
and Special Master Appeal Decisions) to the Settlement Website.
The Court also directed that Class Counsel provide regular reports regarding the status of
each of these Education Fund Programs. On February 12, 2021, Class Counsel filed Status 12 The Special Masters decided 78 Monetary Award appeals and issued 27
Report No.1 regarding the Education Fund Programs. This report is posted on the Status decisions that they designated to be published on the Settlement Website.
Reports page of the Settlement Website.

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