Oakland Raiders wide receiver Antonio Brown’s side warned the NFL during a grievance hearing Friday that if he suffered a head injury in a helmet that he is compelled to wear, he would hold the league liable, a source with knowledge of the hearing said.
Brown, who was traded to the Raiders and then signed a three-year, $50.125 million contract with the team in the offseason, is currently not in camp because he can no longer wear his 12-year-old Schutt Air Advantage helmet under league safety policies, this source said and has been reported since Friday. He did not play in the Raiders’ first preseason game Saturday.
“And I think it’ll be interesting if the NFL forces Antonio to wear a different helmet,” the source said. “And he does play and he doesn’t retire as some people have reported he will do. And then he suffers a really severe injury. I’d hate to be the NFL. Because now you’ve forced him into wearing a different type of...
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2019-08-11 13:25:27Z
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