(Bloomberg) — The National Football League's $765 million settlement over concussions came up short a second time as a federal judge said she wants more changes before she'll approve it.

U.S. District Judge Anita Brody in Philadelphia said the NFL should expand payment for some claims by about 5,000 players who sued the league seeking damages for head injuries.

Brody was swayed by the objections of dozens of former players and their families who said the deal wasn't good enough, especially for those with symptoms of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a brain disease diagnosed only after death.

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