( September 6, 2024, 11:03 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three amicus curiae briefs, filed in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of a former National Football League player’s petition for a writ of certiorari, urge the high court to review the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ ruling that the former NFL player failed to prove he is entitled to additional disability benefits under the NFL’s benefits plan, arguing that a de novo standard of review applies based on the plan’s procedural violations....