(June 5, 2024, 8:21 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The deadline for a former National Football League player to file a petition for writ of certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court was extended by a month, giving the former player until July 13 to seek review of the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ ruling that he failed to prove that he is entitled to additional disability benefits under the NFL’s benefits plan....