Cloud V. NFL Player Retirement Plan: Can Disabled NFL Veterans Get Their Fair Share of NFL Benefits?

By Gary Chester, Senior Writer Michael Cloud was an all-American running back at Boston College. The Kansas City Chiefs picked Cloud in the second round of the 1999 NFL draft. Cloud played for the Chiefs, New England Patriots, and New York Giants in a seven-year career that was undistinguished. But Cloud’s lawsuit for disability benefits, Cloud v. Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement Plan, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 109943 (N.D. Tex. June 21, 2022), has made its mark─and may make a