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