( October 7, 2024, 11:30 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court denied a former National Football League player’s petition for a writ of certiorari in its list of orders issued Oct. 7, refusing to review the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ ruling that the former NFL player failed to prove that he is entitled to additional disability benefits under the NFL’s benefits plan....