Sanders called the lawsuit a money grab, but it turns out that Prime Time isn’t above making a little cash off the injuries he suffered during his playing days.
Documents obtained by the Los Angeles Times indicate that Sanders filed a workers’ compensation claim in May 2010, alleging a litany of injuries — including head trauma — suffered while playing for the Cowboys in the late 1990s.
According to the documents, the Division of Workers’ Compensation determined the Hall of Famer to be “86 percent disabled,” and a team of four doctors diagnosed him with “more than a dozen medical conditions, including cognitive impairment and behavioral/emotional disorder.”
A “host” of current NFL employees have filed similar claims, the Times reports, including Sanders and six of his fellow NFL Network analysts. It would take the league an estimated $1 billion to resolve the nearly 4,000 claims filed against it in California.
Sanders’ case is currently pending.
