NFL Disability Plan Says Former Player’s Appeal Should Not Be Reinstated

(July 29, 2024, 8:49 AM EDT) -- ATLANTA — The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals should summarily deny a former National Football League player’s motion to reinstate his appeal in a dispute over additional disability benefits owed under the NFL’s disability plan because the motion is untimely and because the former player failed to show any good cause to excuse the untimeliness of the appeal, the NFL plan maintains in response to the former player’s motion....