Scrupulous Scrutinization: GOP Seeks Thorough Review Regarding NFL Grant Controversy

On September 15, 2016, a group of Republicans from the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services’ inspector general, imploring that a “thorough and objective review” from the National Institute of Health is needed into whether the integrity of the process for awarding research grants is being upheld.

This letter comes after the NFL was accused of attempting to improperly influence the funding of a scientific study on the degenerative brain condition known as CTE. …

March 28, 2016 Concussions / NFL

Constant Controversy: NFL Donated Large Sums to Congressional Research Panel

The plot continues to thicken in the ongoing dispute between the National Football League and former athletes who claim that the league failed to warn them of the long-term health risks of repeated head injuries. MapLight, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to “revealing money’s influence on politics,” recently released findings that since 2008, the NFL political action committee has donated $292,000 to 41 of the 52 members of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee.

In December, the Committee announced that beginning in 2016, it would …