[Gay State Conservative]

Assuming he recovers it seems highly unlikely that he’ll ever play again.I wonder what happens,financially,to a player who has a career ending injury...or illness.Do they get insurance from the NFL? Or are they able to buy long term “income protection” insurance?

[lodi90]

There was 5 million in his gofundme last I saw a few hours ago. He’ll be fine financially if he can pull through.

[pangaea6]

Now let’s see if NFL takes responsibility for the Hit but they can’t say the jab bc they mandated it, so they are realu screwd, at least I hope they are

[blueplum]

according to the first two links below, the NFL club will pick up health insurance (hospital bills) for 5 years per union agreement. As to disability, there’s severance pay lump sum and pension based on months of active play. The players can purchase individual policy income/disability insurance on their own:

https://bikehike.org/do-retired-nfl-players-get-lifetime-health-insurance/https://www.dilawgroup.com/blog/2015/05/are-nfl-players-underinsured-against-a-career-ending-injury-or-illness/

this lawyer gets specific, suggesting new negotiations reduced the club-paid disability from $20K/mo to $4K/mo
https://www.diattorney.com/nfl-player-disability-benefits-claim/

maybe someone else has a better answer?