The explanation for Dan Marino's wish to withdraw from lawsuit against the NFL for concussions is as confusing as his name appearing on the lawsuit in the first place.
The Los Angeles Times reported Monday that the Hall of Fame quarterback for the Miami Dolphins from 1983-99 was one of 15 players to file a concussion-related lawsuit against the league in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia last week.
The suit alleged that the NFL "concealed information about football-related brain injuries."
However, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported Tuesday that Marino will initiate discussions to remove his name from the suit.
"It was never Marino's intention to initiate litigation in this case, but to ensure that in the event he had adverse health consequences down the road, he would be covered with health benefits. They are working to correct the error," a source said to the Sun-Sentinel.
So if Marino thought he was signing a form to ensure health benefits rather than a form to make him one of the litigants in a suit, that's one thing. But the Sun-Sentinel reported that wasn't necessarily the case.
"Marino and his lawyers are attempting to discover how Marino's name was joined to the lawsuit," the Sun-Sentinel reported. "Marino has said in the past he had two reported concussions during his 17-year career."
The 52-year-old Marino had spent the last 12 seasons as an analyst for CBS, working primarily on its NFL Pregame Show on Sundays, but the network did not retain him after last season.
The lawsuit mirrored a collection of earlier suits accusing the NFL of "carelessness, negligence and intentional misconduct," USA TODAY Sports reported. The earlier lawsuits were consolidated into the one that settled with the NFL for $765 million last August.
A federal judge denied preliminary approval because she was unsure whether the settlement was a large enough sum of money to pay the claims of all the players.
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