Mealey's (October 4, 2021, 1:50 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Oct. 1 affirmed a trial court’s ruling that a National Football League (NFL) player’s claims alleging violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act are time-barred because the player knew in 2000, the year he applied for disability benefits, that the plan failed to provide him with a copy of the summary plan description (SPD)....