Boyd

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

BRENT BOYD, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, v. No. 03-56514 BERT BELL/PETE ROZELLE NFL  D.C. No.

CV-01-02072-NAJ

PLAYERS RETIREMENT PLAN; NFL

PLAYER SUPPLEMENTAL DISABILITY OPINION

PLAN; THE DISABILITY BOARD,

Defendants-Appellees.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Napoleon A. Jones, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 10, 2004—Pasadena, California

Filed June 13, 2005

Before: Robert R. Beezer, Cynthia Holcomb Hall, and Kim McLane Wardlaw, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Beezer; Concurrence by Judge Wardlaw COUNSEL

Lawrence D. Rohlfing, Law Offices of Lawrence D. Rohlfing, Santa Fe Springs, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

John P. McAllister, Groom Law Group, Washington, DC, for the defendants-appellees.

OPINION

BEEZER, Circuit Judge:

Former professional football player Brent Boyd appeals the denial of football degenerative disability benefits under the 7018 BOYD v. BELL Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle…