A lawyer for several former NFL players objecting to the league’s $1 billion concussion litigation settlement sent a letter this week to the federal appeals court reviewing the case with the hope that it would broaden the class of those entitled to compensation.

However, attorneys said that it was uncertain as to whether the letter would actually have an impact in incorporating compensation for chronic traumatic ­encephalopathy (CTE) in the settlement.

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