article_snippet: Reports show an increasing number of retired NFL players who have suffered concussions developed memory and cognitive issues such as dementia, Alzheimer's disease, depression and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.
article_snippet: Last August, thousands of former NFL players and former NFL players families reached a deal in a class-action suit that called for the NFL to cover the cost of concussion-related compensation, medical exams and medical research for retired players and thousands of former NFL players and their families families.
article_snippet: a class-action suit that called for the NFL to cover the cost of concussion-related compensation, medical exams and medical research for retired players and their families alleged that the NFL the NFL deliberately misled players about scientific data that the medical community had found about the risks associated with concussions.  
article_snippet: the NFL veteran will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this summer.
article_snippet: NFL has reported that in 2013, 228 concussions were diagnosed from practices and games.
article_snippet: In July of last year, ex-NFL players Christian Ballard and Gregory Westbrooks filed suit against the NFL Players Association, alleging the union withheld information about head injuries.
article_snippet: Why are these NFLers retiring early?