BARRETT GREEN, Plaintiff v. PRO FOOTBALL, INC. d/b/a THE WASHINGTON REDSKINS, et al., Defendants, 31 F. Supp. 3d 714

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HOLDINGS: [1]-Where plaintiff, a former professional football player, alleged that he suffered an injury because defendant football team had a bounty program, in which its players were paid to deliberately inflict physical injuries on opposing players, his claims were not barred by the statute of limitations at the motion to dismiss stage because he sufficiently pled that the statute of limitations was tolled until the existence of the bounty program came to light; [2]-To the extent plaintiff sought to recover for his injuries independently of the bounty program, his claims were barred by the statute of limitations; [3]-Plaintiff's claims for battery and civil conspiracy were not preempted under 29 U.S.C.S. § 185(a) by the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the league, its owners, and players, because the elements of the torts were not inextricably intertwined with the CBA.