Former NFL players sue over disability claims, accuse league of systematic bias
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Several former National Football League players have flied a class-action lawsuit against the league's benefits plan, its board of trustees and Commissioner Roger Goodell in federal court Thursday, alleging that the board and the benefits plan wrongfully denied benefits to former players.
The plaintiffs include Willis McGahee, Eric Smith, Jason Alford, Daniel Loper, Michael McKenzie, Jamize Olawale, Alex Parsons, Charles Sims, Joey Thomas and Lance Zeno.
The lawsuit claims that "repeated lies; material misrepresentations; active concealment; flagrant violations of" relevant statues, regulations and case law and "illogical interpretations of the terms" of the benefits plan and "reliance on conflicted advisors" have "resulted in a pattern of systemic bias" against disabled NFL players.
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