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Judge Susan Richard Nelson didn't arrive in the crosshairs of the NFL and NFLPA by choice. But friends and experts in the sports law field say there is nobody better prepared to handle a high-profile, demanding case.

The football world was stunned by Dave Duerson's suicide. espnW's Amanda Rykoff says stories such as Duerson's and others before him must force the players and the NFL to take a closer look at traumatic brain injuries and address it in the newest CBA.