Family of Dave Duerson objects to concussion settlement

The family of former Chicago Bears defensive back Dave Duerson has filed an objection to the NFL's concussion settlement.

Duerson's family would have received $2.6 million, minus legal fees, according to Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru from ESPN.com.

"Duerson did not kill himself for CTE to be forever eviscerated from the NFL's lexicon," wrote attorney Bill Gibbs. "The proposed settlement is an insult to his legacy. ... The NFL's denial continues."

Attorneys for 10 former players, including Duerson, are arguing the fact that players diagnosed with CTE, also know as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, after July 7 of this year won't be compensated.

That was the date the settlement received initial approval from U.S. District Judge Anita Brody.

Duerson committed suicide in 2011 by shooting himself in the chest in order to preserve his brain so it could be studied.