(March 18, 2024, 1:50 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals denied a former National Football League (NFL) player’s petition for panel rehearing and the majority of the court denied rehearing en banc, voting 11-5 against rehearing en banc, and issued a substituted opinion on March 15, reiterating that a district court’s ruling in favor of the former player must be reversed because the former player failed to show that he had any changed circumstances that would entitle him to additional disability benefits under the plan....