8th Circuit Affirms Decision Denying Disability Benefits Under NFL Plan

( June 11, 2026, 11:47 AM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — Affirming dismissal of an Employee Retirement Income Security Act claim that a pro se former football player asserted regarding NFL total and permanent (T&P) disability benefits, the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals issued a one-paragraph unpublished opinion saying briefly that it found “no basis for” reversing the lower court’s conclusion that the claim was time-barred....