Evans

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS AND FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

INTRODUCTION

Defendants in this putative class action move to dismiss most claims in the second *857 amended complaint and for summary judgment as to most claims surviving dismissal. The motion is Granted.

STATEMENT

This is an action against the 32 member clubs of the National Football League by twelve retired NFL players and the estate of a thirteenth. The roster of plaintiffs and array of asserted claims have been refined through both amendments and motion practice. Although we remain at the pleading stage, substantial discovery has already been taken. The procedural history of this litigation and plaintiffs’ sweeping background allegations about the NFL as a whole that have featured in each iteration of their complaint have been set forth in detail in prior orders (see Dkt. Nos. 168 at 1-3; 175 at 1-3) and need not be repeated here. Recent events directly informing the instant motion, however, merit brief summary.

On November 30, 2016, plaintiffs filed their first amended complaint, which totaled approximately one hundred pages and asserted RICO and conspiracy claims in addition to claims for intentional…