NFL, retired players can live with concussion settlement

By David Barron

August 29, 2013 | Updated: August 29, 2013 10:50pm

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CANTON, OH - AUGUST 3: Chad Culp (L) and his father and former defender Curley Culp pose with his Hall of Fame bust during the NFL Class of 2013 Enshrinement Ceremony at Fawcett Stadium on Aug. 3, 2013 in Canton, Ohio. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)

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CANTON, OH - AUGUST 3: Chad Culp (L) and his father and former defender Curley Culp pose with his Hall of Fame bust during the NFL Class of 2013 Enshrinement Ceremony at Fawcett Stadium on Aug. 3, 2013 in Canton, Ohio. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)

By David Barron

August 29, 2013 | Updated: August 29, 2013 10:50pm

One week before opening its 2013 season as the richest, most popular enterprise in American professional sports, the NFL agreed Thursday to pay $765 million to settle a lawsuit by more than 4,000 former players, including more than 250 who once wore Houston uniforms, who said the league for years withheld information about the potential life-and-death impact of repeated concussions.

David Barron

David Barron

Reporter, Houston Chronicle

David Barron

David Barron

Reporter, Houston Chronicle

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