NFL dealing with another possible scandal regarding concussions after a special committee outed one of the medical advisers on the NFL's payroll who interferred with government studies on the issue.
At least six NFL-paid medical advisers were revealed to have been interfering with the studies being done.
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The NFL's removal this week of the doctor who oversaw the league's now-discredited concussion policies comes as another top NFL health adviser is under scrutiny for allegations he tried to influence a major government study on football and brain disease ...
Ellenbogen and Dr. Elliot Pellman, the league's longtime, controversial medical adviser, were among at least six top NFL health officials who pressured the National Institutes of Health, the report said. On Wednesday, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell told the league's team owners that he will replace Pellman with a new full-time chief medical officer.
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