Sentence examples for players disability from inspiring English sources

Pete Kendall, a recently retired lineman with a longtime interest in players' disability issues, said: "It's certainly an interesting question.

In addition to the insurance coverage of his past and future medical bills relating to his injury, Brown received a $200,000 injury-protection payment as well as $200,000 from the players' disability plan.

"I would have to guess it was a statement about football and its impact on the brain," said Robert Smith, a former N.F.L. running back, who served with Duerson on the panel that considers former players' disability claims.

After many years in private business, he had spent the last several years as one of the union's three representatives on the board that rules on retired players' disability claims.

For draft-eligible athletes and professional players, disability policies are a vital part of protecting their future income stream in the event of a career-ending injury.

The interaction of organism constraints such as players' disability, classification level and chair set up will likely be important factors to consider when developing the appropriate training programme required by a wheelchair athlete to perform at their best whilst also reducing the risk of injury.

Down syndrome, autism, cerebral palsy, hyperactivity and attention deficit disorder are among the players' disabilities.

In June, Ditka and other former players testified before a House subcommittee about the N.F.L.'s player disability plan, explaining how a league that generates about $7 billion in annual revenue paid about $20 million in benefits to a total of 317 retirees, about $63,000 apiece.

Duerson later served on a six-person board that approved claims for the N.F.L's player-disability plan.

For example, in wheelchair rugby the five players' combined disability number must total no more than eight points.

Taylor uses an electric-powered chair, one of the allowances for the quad classification, which is for players with disabilities in three or all limbs (in contrast to the "open" division, for players with a disability in one or both lower limbs).