This lawsuit is in the early stages, and the number of players hopping on board is expected to grow. Bleacher Report’s Mike Freeman reported that former NFL player Marcellus Wiley is considering adding his name to the list as well.
According to Freeman, “Wiley says he was regularly injected with painkillers the entire season. As the season went on, the shots kept coming. Doctors told him he was fine, keep playing, keep taking the shots.”
Players claim severe injuries, such as broken legs and ankles, were intentionally kept from guys who were instead fed and/or injected with large quantities of medication like Cortisone, Toradol and Vicodin to mask the pain, as well as sleep aids such as Ambien.
Some say that after years of free pills from team physicians, they retired from the league addicted to the painkillers and are now facing troubling health consequences such as kidney failure and other debilitating conditions.