Opinion: Lawyer Chris Seeger wants to right the NFL's despicable race-norming wrong

Chris Seeger is eating lunch on an outside patio and it's a hot day. He's smiling, talkative and friendly, the heat failing to slow him. Seeger doesn't seem like the devil that some people say he is. That's because he's not.

If you don't know the name Chris Seeger, you should, and will. He's been, quietly, one of the most influential figures in recent NFL history. That's not an exaggeration. That's because Seeger represented players in the historic $765 million settlement in 2013 and, nearly a decade later, continues to fight the NFL. That earlier version of the settlement has since become an uncapped settlement, is generally viewed as worth a billion dollars, and so far has already paid more than $850 million in claims.

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