NFL sued by former players for illegally supplying drugs and painkillers
Check out our official website:
http://us.tomonews.net/
Check out our
Android app: http://goo.gl/PtT6VD
Check out our iOS app: http://bit.ly/1gO3z1f
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eight former
NFL players filed a lawsuit against the league on Tuesday, saying it illegally supplied them with narcotics and painkillers that led to addiction and long-term medical complications.
The lawsuit names eight players, including three members of the
1985 NFL champion
Chicago Bears:
Hall of Fame defensive end
Richard Dent, offensive lineman
Keith Van Horne and quarterback
Jim McMahon. The lawyers are looking for class-action status, and they say more than
500 other former players have signed on to the lawsuit.
The suit says the NFL handed out painkillers, anti-inflammatories and sleep meds like it was
Halloween in order to get injured players back on the field as quickly as possible, regardless of the long-term health concerns.
Bears QB Jim McMahon says he suffered a broken neck and ankle but rather than sit out, he was given drugs and pushed back on the field. Oh yeah, and he was popping
100 Percocet a month.
Bears offensive lineman Keith Van Horne played an entire season on a broken leg and wasn't told about the injury for five years. As players retired, so did their drug connect.
The suit claims the NFL unethically substituted pain meds for proper health care to keep the NFL's tsunami of dollars flowing.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, in
Atlanta for the NFL's spring meetings, said, "Our attorneys have not seen the lawsuit and obviously I have been in meetings all day."
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Welcome to TomoNews, where we animate the most entertaining news on the internets. Come here for an animated look at viral headlines, US news, celebrity gossip, salacious scandals, dumb criminals and much more! Subscribe now for daily news animations that will knock your socks off.
Check out our Android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nextmedia.gan
Check out our iOS app: https://itunes.apple.com/app/tomonews/id633875353
For news that's fun and never boring, visit our channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/TomoNewsUS
Subscribe to stay updated on all the top stories:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt-WqkTyKK1_70U4bb4k4lQ?sub_confirmation=1
Stay connected with us here:
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TomoNewsUS
Twitter @tomonewsus http://www.twitter.com/TomoNewsUS
Google+ http://plus.google.com/+TomoNewsUS/
Instagram @tomonewsus http://instagram.com/tomonewsus