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There are 3 types of NFL disability benefits to protect current and former players: 1. Total and Permanent: apparently the threshold is extremely high to meet and the player must be unable to engage in any occupation, not just football. Obviously, loss of an arm would in all likelihood not...

Unfortunately, for a non-football related injury it's all or nothing. The injury has to be "total and permanent" to get the $165k per year. I don't believe there is a partial disability payment a player is entitled to for non-football related injuries from what I read. They'd know by now if...

Since Norton is a member of a union, I'm not sure he had a say in the insurance coverage provided by the NFL and I wouldn't fault any player for failing to consider a catastrophic accident such as this and purchasing some supplemental policy on the side. @Tad Footeball the NFL has done a...

I did some research on this and found the NFL will pay an active player who suffers a "total and permanent" injury $165,000 per year. Here's the catch: the NFL and its insurance coverage, sadly, DOES NOT WANT TO PAY. Look up Charles Dimry and his lawsuit against the NFL (Dimry v. Bert...