Thursday, May 21, 2015

Former players: NFL teams 'conspired' to push painkillers (Yahoo Sports)

Attorney Steve Silverman answers questions during an interview Tuesday, May 20, 2014, in Baltimore. A group of retired players accused the NFL in a lawsuit Tuesday of cynically supplying them with powerful painkillers and other drugs that kept them in the game but led to serious complications later in life. The lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages on behalf of more than 500 ex-athletes, charges the NFL with putting profits ahead of players' health. Silverman is an attorney for the players. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)

Hundreds of former players have filed a lawsuit claiming all 32 NFL teams, their doctors, trainers and medical staffs obtained and provided painkillers to players - often illegally - as part of a decades-long conspiracy to keep them on the field without regard for their long-term health. The lawsuit reprises some of the allegations made in a federal lawsuit last year on behalf of 1,300 former players against the NFL. Alsup wrote that the collective bargaining agreement between the league and the NFL Players Association was the appropriate forum to resolve such claims.




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