Senior US District Judge Anita Brody approved deal on Wednesday . Settlement includes allowing for monetary awards about $ 190,000 per claimant for serious conditions connected to repeated head trauma . NFL expects 6,000 of nearly 20,000 retired players to suffer from Alzheimers disease or moderate dementia someday . Wednesday 's settlement would pay them up to $ 5million on average . About 200 NFL retirees or their families have rejected the settlement and plan to sue the league individually .
Senior US District Judge Anita Brody approved deal on Wednesday . Settlement includes allowing for monetary awards up to $ 5million per claimant for serious conditions connected to repeated head trauma . NFL expects 6,000 of nearly 20,000 retired players to suffer from Alzheimers disease or moderate dementia someday . Wednesday 's settlement would pay them about $ 190,000 on average . About 200 NFL retirees or their families have rejected the settlement and plan to sue the league individually .