More than 2,000 women — the wives and partners of current and ex-NFL football players — gather daily in groups small and large on an invitation-only Facebook page to share stories on the ins and outs of living with men whose job is at once one of the world's most glamorous and most risky, per the NYT's Ken Belson.
One of the subjects among the womenis the deadline today for retired NFL players to register for compensation of up to $5 million for brain injuries suffered as the result of repeated concussions in the game. The degenerative disease is known as CTE — chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Some 18,400 of the approximately 21,000 ex-NFL players have already registered here, and about $100 million of an expected $1 billion or more has already been awarded.
