Jim mcmann for one. He says he actually got addicted to thinks painkillers, even taking them in the offseason. Another player in the lawsuit here, mcmanns former Chicago Bears teammate richard dent. He is a hall of famer. So lets get more on this story, this developing story from ed laugh endra. Ed, tell me more about the lawsuit. Hello, brooke. Its an extensive lawsuit. About 85 pages long. Ive had a chance to go through all of it here this afternoon. And it is filed on behalf of eight players. Three of those players were part of that 1985 super bowl Chicago Bears team, richard dent, jim mcmann being two of those. Weve heard over the years a lot of different crazy stories that the lengths the Football Players would go to to stay on the football field. But this lawsuit is accusing the nfl and doctors of working together to ensure that in some cases, recklessly, and in some cases illegally, were prescribing pain medications to keep these players and these lawyers for these players sayin
Good evening. Im lest er holt for Brian Williams whos on assignment. Nfl players staid they never signed up for this. Serious injured including broken boned ignored, covered up and masked by painkillers fed to them to keep them into the game. Those are some of the explosive allegations being levelled against the nfl tonight in a lawsuit filed by a group of retired players who claim the league placed its profits above their health. Another hard hit to a league who settled allegations that it hit what it revealed about concussions. Now today stunning charges. More now from ron mott. Reporter the lawsuit alleges nfl teams illegally gave players judged to mask serious injuries they were never told about in some cases, all in an effort, former players argue, to keep them on the field anticipate the money rolling in. Basically what you have in the nfl is a bunch of anethetiz gladiators going out there each week. The Recovery Period for enhanced by a lot of these players by forcing them to pl
Medical staff for prescription drugs. Part of the old wild west culture that went on in the nfl. Now a bit of controversy. The nfls image has taken some hits. You would think the nfl would clean up its act. Good to have you with us tonight. Thanks for watching. Sometimes in life we witness things we just are never going to forget. I will never forget this night, august 12, 1978. I was a young aspiring quarterback on the sidelines of the Oakland Raiders when jack tatum hit wide receiver darryl stingily of the new england patriots. And this hit paralyzed stingily. And at that moment i realized just how fast it could end and how fragile life can be in the National Football league. In a saturday preseason game in august of 1978 stingley was hit by jack tatum. He was almost totally pair laysed. When the injury first occurred, i never had a chance to hear what the doctors were saying. I was too busy fighting for my life. As a result of the accident i was able to sit and spend more time in de
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