According to the lawsuit, Ferrier had previously purchased antique flour sacks from Guida. On Nov. 26, 2016, Ferrier confronted the antiques dealer about an early 1900s sack from the Lucky Flour Company that had a swastika incorporated into its label, the suit states. It was on display behind the storeâs sales counter.
The admission took all of two words. It came when Jeff Miller, the NFLâs senior vice president for health and safety policy, was asked by Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) in a Capitol Hill round-table discussion whether there was a link between football and diseases like chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
Adrian Robinson, a former NFL linebacker who committed suicide in May, was found to have the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Robinson played 22 games over two seasons for four different teams, and had been a defensive lineman for Temple University in college. He committed suicide about one month after he signed a Canadian Football League contract. CTE has been found in the brains of other NFL players whoâve committed suicide, including Junior Seau and Dave Duerson. CTE has been linked to repeated blows to the head. Robinson was found to have had several concussions during his time playing in the NFL.