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on this day, she and her husband, former washington running back ken jenkins, joined by brooke and hernd, clarence vaughn, a former washington strong safety, are delivering that petition to the federal judge overseeng the case, to keep the public pressure on the court and on seeger. >> we first need to get chris seeger thrown out on his ear. >> we request that you remove chris seeger as the players' attorney of record. does that concern you, especially at a time you're now charged with trying to fix this issue? >> i care about my clients. i have a lot more happy clients than unhappy clients in this settlement. i don't know anybody who clicked yes on that petition. or if i really want to spend a lot of my time dealing with an online petition. >> you don't feel this is representative of the players you represent? >> not at all. not only do i not feel it, i know it's not. i know it's not. it's not representative of the players, it's not representative of my position. if i was wrong and their claim was downscored because of race-norming, it will get rescored, and they will get their money.
on this day, she and her husband, former washington running back ken jenkins, joined by brooke and hernd, clarence vaughn, a former washington strong safety, are delivering that petition to the federal judge overseeng the case, to keep the public pressure on the court and on seeger. >> we first need to get chris seeger thrown out on his ear. >> we request that you remove chris seeger as the players' attorney of record. does that concern you, especially at a time you're now charged...
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ken jenkins is his name and his wife, amy lewis. how are you? >> brother don, what's happening? not much, and a whole hell of a lot. so let's get to you, though. ken, when and how did you start to suspect that black players experiencing cognitive impairment were being treated differently when it came to the nfl concussion settlement? >> i really was listening to my wife in a group that she's in online with some of the other wives, and stories were coming out every other night about a player who had been denied and the red tape it took to get a settlement and how they had to be tested and retested. all the while these wives were lifting those families on their backs and doing all the work and raising the kids and bringing in the money and also, in some cases, having to really take care of the men. and so, you know, i just followed their lead. i'm actually getting way too much credit for this because it's the wives who really brought this to the forefront. >> i'm going to bring in your wife in just a minute. but i want to ask you since i did have the other ken on, the reporter, ho
ken jenkins is his name and his wife, amy lewis. how are you? >> brother don, what's happening? not much, and a whole hell of a lot. so let's get to you, though. ken, when and how did you start to suspect that black players experiencing cognitive impairment were being treated differently when it came to the nfl concussion settlement? >> i really was listening to my wife in a group that she's in online with some of the other wives, and stories were coming out every other night about...
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. >> so i want to bring in now former nfl player, ken jenkins, and his wife, dr. amy lewis. not much. and a whole hell of a lot. let's get to you. ken, when and how did you suspect that black players with cognitive impairment were being treated differently? >> i was listening to my wife in a group that she's in online with some of the other wives and the stories were coming out every other night about a player who had been denied, and the red time it took get a settlement. and how it had to be tested and retested. all the while, they were raising the kids and bringing in the money and in some cases, having to take care of the men. seo he i just followed their lead. i'm getting way too much credit for this. it is the wives who brought this to the forefront. >> i'm going on bring in your wife in a minute. since i did have the other ken on, the reporter, how grateful for him are you? >> it's fantastic. i just want to say, you say that all the time. i don't trust the nfl to do anything that is going to hurt them financially. what i'm really afraid of now, they'll lower the bar fo
. >> so i want to bring in now former nfl player, ken jenkins, and his wife, dr. amy lewis. not much. and a whole hell of a lot. let's get to you. ken, when and how did you suspect that black players with cognitive impairment were being treated differently? >> i was listening to my wife in a group that she's in online with some of the other wives and the stories were coming out every other night about a player who had been denied, and the red time it took get a settlement. and how...
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ken jenkins. thank— department ofjustice to see... iei jenkins, thank you so much for joining us.nday evening, she said she sent her son out to play football and he never came home. they took away my son's life. my son won't even grow up to give me a grandchild. what more must i do? i love my son so much! and when i went home, i don't see my son in the house. it's grieved me a lot. what more, what more can i do? what more can i do? it was another teenage life lost. described by his family as an incredibly talented footballer, gymnast and runner, dea—john died from a single stab wound to his chest. west midlands police said there had been an incident involving him and his friends immediately before he died. the police tapes and forensic tent have gone today, and that's given locals a chance to express their grief. in a statement, dea—john's family thanked the public for their outpouring of love and support, and added that it wouldn't be just them that felt his loss, but everybody that knew him, too. he had so much potential. so much... every day i tell him i'm proud of him. i don't
ken jenkins. thank— department ofjustice to see... iei jenkins, thank you so much for joining us.nday evening, she said she sent her son out to play football and he never came home. they took away my son's life. my son won't even grow up to give me a grandchild. what more must i do? i love my son so much! and when i went home, i don't see my son in the house. it's grieved me a lot. what more, what more can i do? what more can i do? it was another teenage life lost. described by his family as...