Nick Buoniconti, who in a new Sports Illustrated story details his declining mental health in excruciating detail, is one of 20,000 former NFL players eligible for benefits under the league’s $1 billion concussion settlement.
But each player in need’s slice of that pie is too small, and the system makes it way too difficult for those who deserve the money to get it, the Dolphins’ Hall of Famer says.
“The NFL should be volunteering to pay for this,” Buoniconti shouted at an doctor’s appointment at UCLA, according to SI. “I’m so [expletive] pissed off at them!