A union lawyer urged the jury to award a far lesser amount so as not to damage the union's ability to represent its members.
The class action lawsuit represents 2,056 retirees who contend the union cut them out of lucrative licensing deals.
Jury orders NFL union to pay $28.1M to retirees
The figure includes $21 million in punitive damages awarded to
the former players Monday afternoon. It's just short of the $21.9
million award that the players' lawyer had asked of the jury, or
roughly 10 percent of the union's net worth at the start of the
year.
