- The NFLPA is constantly working to improve retired player benefits and access to these benefits.
- The vesting requirement for the Retirement Plan has decreased from 5 years to 3 years.
- The minimum monthly benefit credit has quadrupled since 1993, from $60 to $250.
- Plan 88 was added to the CBA in 2007 providing eligible retired players with up to $88,000 per year for medical and custodial care resulting from dementia or Alzheimer’s.
- In 2007, surviving widow and children benefits were tripled.
- The deadline of 48 months to allow players to apply for Line of Duty disability benefits was increased to the greater of 48 months or the number of credited seasons earned.
- Most players receiving Total & Permanent (T&P) disability will now only go through a continuation review every 5 years, as opposed to 3 years.
- Players who took their NFL pension early, and therefore were ineligible to apply for and receive disability benefits, recently had the opportunity to apply for T&P disability.
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