League withholds benefits, makes life tough
(NEWSER) - NFL players are starting to feel the lockout squeeze. Earlier this month, the league stopped covering their health insurance—a step it never took during the 1982 and 1987 strikes, the Washington Post reports. That’s left players paying not just $2,000 to $3,000 a month in health insurance premiums, but thousands more for personal trainers, nutrition supplements, massages, yoga, acupuncture, and other things they say help them keep their often gigantic bodies in peak condition—and which they used to get in team training facilities. More»
