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Concussion story isn't going away

Latest news raises more questions than answers about complicated issue

Originally Published: November 20, 2012
By Andrew Brandt | ESPN.com

As reported last week on "Outside the Lines," the NFL Pension and Disability Board ("the Board") granted the late Mike Webster benefits back in 1999 because of concussion-related brain trauma from his years playing football. This news raises more questions than answers, among them the role of the players' union and the impact on the growing number of concussion lawsuits.

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