The league and its disability retirement fund must be required to reopen and reexamine the claims of players who have previously had their long term disability benefits denied. League doctor shopping and the corruption of accepted medical principles cannot continue to be condoned. An impartial committee must be appointed to reassess the applications of those players whose claims of permanent brain damage were denied..Every season, after about a month's worth of games, someone will invariably say that they've never seen an NFL season like this one. Therein lies the league's biggest appeal; no one really knows what's going to happen in any given season. A perennial loser team will suddenly become a winner, a star player will emerge from the mists, or a crazy play will happen that everyone will be talking about.

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