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Former American football players in the US are suing the National Football League (NFL) for the brain injury they sustained during their time on the field.

Jamal Lewis, Dorsey Levens and two others have filed a lawsuit which claims the NFL misled them, and failed to protect them against the brain injury which they say is still causing them problems years later.

The two players, along with Fulton Kuykendall and Ryan Stewart, filed the lawsuit on Wednesday (December 21st), in the US District Court in Atlanta.

According to the men, the NFL used a "hand-picked committee of physicians" to mislead them on the impact of brain injury, particularly concussions - which have recently been linked to long-term brain injury.

"We do believe the NFL knew and had that available information with them for many years now," said the player statements.

"Only recently had they come and acknowledged that concussions and multiple concussions do have this effect."

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