former 49er jeremy newberry is also a football analyst.x 5 is among the players who say the nfl is at fault for medical misconduct. newbury told me the painkillers some with serious side effects were rampant in the locker room. >> a lot of times team trainers are giving out drugs. none of them have medical degrees. some of them aren't license and they are handing out drugs, anti-inflammatories, painkillers, sleeping pills, they are handing out this stuff all together and a lot of times you're playing the game, downing it about we are. how are you feeling? what do you need? here's some anti- inflammatories, sleeping pills, painkillers. it was just a few minutes -- they stick them in a manila envelope, everybody had their own private stashes in the locker room. they handed them out like candy freely. >> did you ever witness a player who refused to take these drugs. >> they don't stick around. if you don't do what's asked of you to stay on the field they will find somebody else that will. >> stunning revelations by newberry. that entire inter

. >> reporter: eight player are named in the lawsuit including former san francisco 49er jeremy newberry. >> i'm 49 years old and i have kidney problems from playing football. >> reporter: newberry, who also worked as an analyst for station kpix said he received injections to numb injuries during the majority of his injuries during his career. >> it was almost like a cattle call, waiting with your pants down. they're sticking you one at a time as you're walking in and out. >> bears' quarterback jim mcmahon is one of the plaintiffs claiming he suffered nearly a decade later he suffered a broken neck his doctors never told him about. another received medication to get him on the field and needed downers to sleep. the nfl commissioner was asked about the lawsuit at a news conference. >> i was only made aware of it just briefly, but i don't believe any of our attorneys have had an opportunity to look at it. >> reporter: the former players want financial compensation and extended health care for more than 500 ex-athletes and changes to how painkillers are administered. omar villafranca, cbs n

jeremy newberry played almost 200 games in his nfl career. he took tore doll insections for the majority of those games. now he is paying the price. he thinks the nfl should too. >> i'm 38 years old and i got 30% kidney function. if my kidneys get any worse, i'll be on dialysis or a transplant. >> reporter: in the suit filed in san francisco federal court, jeremy newberry, richard dent, jim mcmahon, and others claim that the nfl has intentionally recklessly and negligently developed a culture of drug misuse, substituting players' health for profit. >> we have five years of health insurance and then you're on your own to deal with these health issues that could easily have been prevented if they were more forthcoming with what they were giving and more responsible with the drugs that they gave you in the first place. >> reporter: newberry was a two- time pro bowl center for the 49ers. he played 11 seasons in the nfl, nine in san francisco. he also worked for kpix-tv as an analyst. >> the tordol line was crazy. the general public wouldn't belie

jeremy newberry may have op allegations of "drugs gone " e and >>> jeremy newberry may have opened pandora'ss stunning allegations of drugs gone wild in nfl locker rooms. he and several others filed suit against the league yesterday in san francisco. now other players are speaking out. listen to former offensive lineman kyle turley. >> i know guys that were taking 30 vicodin a day and that tolerance got built up over their careers and it became an addiction. i played on a blown-out back for an entire season. they shot me up with cortisone four times and ironically enough it was such a simple diagnosis that the doctors didn't even -- that i saw afterwards that weren't team doctors, didn't even need to do an mri or a scan to tell me that i had a blown-out disk in my back while at the same time the rams are sit there is shoving cortisone into my right leg and now i can't feel the damn thing. >> he played in the league nearly the same exact time as jeremy newberry. >>> president obama loves to hold fundraisers in fact bay area and probably rethinking his comments today when the seahawks visited

jeremy newberry played for the 49ers for nine years.so worked for kpix 5 as a football analyst. he told me he suffers from renal failure, high blood pressure, and violent headaches because of all the pain medications team doctors and the trainers gave him to get him on the field. >> some games, i'm taking two or three vicodin before the game, two or three vicodin halftime, a shot of toradol before the game and they are getting both shoulders, hands, shot up before the game. >> reporter: the lawsuit alleges the nfl has illegally and unethically substituted pain medications for proper healthcare to keep the nfl tsunami of dollars flowing. >> our players were shot up like cattle. they were brought to market and then discarded like pieces of meat. >> reporter: the league has a ban on the use of painkillers without a prescription. but there is no clear policy or oversight of how team doctors provide the drugs. >> this is a nfl culture not just a team-by-team thing. >> reporter: five other players are also suing seeking financial compensation

jeremy newberry played with the raiders and 49ers and the chargers, he said he had a heavy use of prescription drugs. this is a league problem. newberry is one of eight plaintiffs in the class-action complaint including players from 1969 to 2008. it was filed today. players were regularly given plays and shots to play despite injuries, dozens of players receiving shots before games. >> you have a crew of people responsible for your health. why would you question what they are telling you. >> during the 2003, 2004 season he was on crutches but still played. >> limped into the facility with a crutch and walking boot and shoot me novocain. >> during his training he never saw team doctors pressure players, and often players wanted to play despite the pain. >> they are not exotic or strange drugs and i use several in my practice on a regular basis. >> newberry hopes the lawsuit will force the team owner toes change policy. >> carry more people to rosters to put someone healthy out there. this claims 500 unnamed plaintiffs and they respect every team in the nfl. i contacted the vice president of com

jeremy newberry played with the raiders and 49ers and the chargers, he said he had a heavy use of prescription drugs. this is a league problem. newberry is one of eight plaintiffs in the class-action complaint including players from 1969 to 2008. it was filed today. players were regularly given plays and shots to play despite injuries, dozens of players receiving shots before games. >> you have a crew of people responsible for your health. why would you question what they are telling you. >> during the 2003, 2004 season he was on crutches but still played. >> limped into the facility with a crutch and walking boot and shoot me novocain. >> during his training he never saw team doctors pressure players, and often players wanted to play despite the pain. >> they are not exotic or strange drugs and i use several in my practice on a regular basis. >> newberry hopes the lawsuit will force the team owner toes change policy. >> carry more people to rosters to put someone healthy out there. this claims 500 unnamed plaintiffs and they respect every team in the nfl. i contacted the vice president of com

jeremy newberry now has kidney failure that he attributes to the painkillers he was given. jeremy, thanks for being with us. the allegations about the addictive drugs, given without prescriptions and without proper medical care. you said you were given totorad. >> maybe my first year, i didn't take it the whole year. but the majority of my career i would say at least 10 out of the 11 years i was taking it. >> and what would that do for you? >> i mean it's a -- it's almost like a wonder drug. it's a super strong anti-inflammatory but it worked like a painkiller. there were times i couldn't practice the whole season, would be in a walking boot or crutches, trying to get in a stadium with a boot on and take a shot of toridol and vicodin, and i would be ready to play. >> so was it the doctors giving you the stuff in the locker room? or who was doling it out? >> the doctors and trainers typically gave out the oral painkillers, and then the doctors gave the shots. >> trainers, without a medical license, just the trainers. >> correct. >> so at any point did anyone say these are se

. >> jeremy newberry said it was the same everywhere he went. he said drugs were a ritual before every game. >> you walk in, bend over the table, they stick you and you're off. they get everybody done in two or three minutes. >> he said the powerful antiimflap toir drug made him able to play. >> i was on crutches, didn't practice all way and took it and played. >> newberry said the team would do anything. >> they shot me up in my leg, gave me vicotin at halftime and played the whole season that way. >> he said it damaged his kidneys and his blood pressure was high. he said he was given a clean bill of health by team doctors. >> it was getting worse and worse every year. nobody said nothing, even when i retired and walked away nobody said anything. >> jeremy said the problem exists at every team in the drug. >> everything is doing the same thing. it's a drug culture in the nfl. >> he said the doctors didn't care or the trainers and the coaches didn't care about anything. >> today the nfl commissioner was asked if he had a a comment. >> i was only

. >> reporter: now, former 9ers player jeremy newberry told kpix 5 he now suffers from renal failure, high blood pressure and violent headaches because of the pain medication team doctors and trainers gave him. now, nfl commissioner roger goodell says the nfl has not yet received the lawsuit and is not commenting. reporting live at candlestick, cate caugiran, kpix 5. >> among the other players is jim mcmahon who gray up in san jose and won the super bowl in 1986 as quarterback for the chicago bears after growing up in san jose. >>> donald sterling is facing new allegations this morning. nba accusing sterling and the clippers organization of destroying evidence relating to the recording that got sterling in trouble in the first place. the "l.a. times" reports sterling asked the former girlfriend to lie and tell the nba it was not sterling on the tape. she talked with dr. phil about the recordings . >> were disclosures made when you were recording him? and she gave variable answers to that. sure he knew. did i tell him every time? no. >> dr. phil said stiviano became emotional when she

former nfl player jeremy newberry, one of eight former players suing the league says doctors and trainers illegally gave them painkillers leading to addiction and long-standing health problems. for him, it's his kidneys. >> i was in a walking boot and crutches, wouldn't practice a day, limp into the facility, give me vicodin, shoot me up with novocain, sprint out the tunnel and go play a game. >> reporter: the president of the nfl physicians society, a group of nfl doctors says he's surprised by the lawsuit. as an nfl team doctor for 14 years, i've seen outstanding medical care that team doctors provide to players on and off the field. as doctors, we put our players first. but richard dent, a player who played 15 seasons and won two super bowls says the nfl needs to be more concerned about the cumulative effects of these drugs. >> treat me like a racehorse and ride me until it's over and shoot me and put me to sleep. that's been the way of doing things. >> reporter: ben bolland covers the new england patriots for the "boston globe." >> bh >> why did this come up now? where was this 10, 15

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lineman, jeremy newberry, is one of the plaintiffs, and says the prescription drug toradol was used extensivelyl. locker rooms. he retired in 2009. >> it's almost like a cattle call. where you would have 20, 25 guys standing with your pants half down, waiting in line for a doctor that has got 100 different syringes lined up, and you're walking through, you know, they're sticking you one at a time as you walk in and out. >> reporter: toradol, also known as ketorolac tromethmine, is a highly potent anti-inflammatory drug approved by the f.d.a. for use after surgery to relieve pain. players say it's become popular in n.f.l. locker rooms in the last decade. dr. denis cardone is the chief of sports medicine at n.y.u. lagone medical center. >> toradol, like any other anti- inflammatory medication will decrease that feeling of pain that they may experience from an acute injury or maybe a hit on the football field. >> reporter: the lawsuit alleges the medical staff and the n.f.l. intentionally hid the dangers of toradol from the players. the dangers were on the league's radar in 2012, when a task force

. >> reporter: jeremy newberry played eight years at center for the san francisco 49ers.ccording to the lawsuit, the 38- year-old suffers from renal failure, high blood pressure, and violent headaches because of the all the pain medication he was given by team doctors and trainers to get him on the field. >> some games, i'm taking two or three vicodin before the game, two or three vicodin at half time, and then getting both shoulders, hand, shot up before the game. >> reporter: the lawsuit alleges the nfl has illegally and unethically substituted pain medications for proper health care to keep the nfl tsunami of dollars flowing. steven silverman is the players' lawyer. >> our players were shot up like cattle. they were brought to market, and then discarded like pieces of meat. >> reporter: the league does have a ban on the use of pain killers without a prescription, but there's no clear policy and oversight on how team doctors provide the drugs. >> this is the same story everywhere. this is an nfl culture, not just a team-by-team thing. >> reporter: newberry is joined by

are listed as part of the lawsuit filed in san francisco's federal court including former 49er jeremy newberry. >> you would have 20 to 25 guys standing with your pants half down waiting in line for a doctor who has 100 different syringes lined up and you're walking through, they're sticking you one at a time. >> reporter: newberry played for the nfl. he was routinely medicated, he said, to stop the swelling and mask the pain by team doctors he trusted. >> doctors say this is okay, acceptable, why are you going to question a doctor like this is going to do a long-term effect? you have a relationship with these guys. >> reporter: other players have similar stories claiming nfl doctors gave them drugs illegally without prescriptions, without warnings of possible side effects, and sometimes the players never knew how bad their injuries were including broken bones. some claim it led to addiction, ruining lives after football. >> i have seen some people just say i'm not going to take a shot. i'm afraid of needles, this and that and a lot of those people don't stick around. if you don't do what's as

one of the men dealing with those problems is former 49ers pro bolster jeremy newberry. >> my pleasure. >> regardless of the lawsuit, first i want to say, reading about what you're dealing with healthwise, i was sorry to read it. i'm sorry you're dealing with this process in your own life. tell the audience what your current health condition is because you look as strong as an ox. >> the majority of my problem stems from my kidneys. i have stage four kidney failure directly related to the toradol and the anti-inflam tors. >> what does that mean, stage four kidney layer. >> it means i have about 30% function of my kidneys. ir can still live life without being on dialysis. if i get much worse i'll need dialysis or a kidney transplant. >> what do the doctors tell you about how your particular condition will progress? >> i'm trying to do everything i can to slow it down. that means no over-the-counter meds. i have headaches daily. i've had 16 orthopedic surgeries in my nfl career. so it means just grin and bare it through all that stuff now. the quality of life with the heada

eight players are suing included bare's super bowl quarterback jim mcman and jeremy newberry. >>> we're also track weather and traffic. >>> today really a transition day around the bay area. we had a few lingering showers yesterday and tomorrow, we're talking about a warmer trend. very mild conditions on tap today. we do have mid-and high level clouds out there. san francisco off to a mild start at 57 degrees. 56 leafing -- leaving the house in oakland. here's what's going to happen. the skies will clear. we'll see a lot more sunshine and temperatures trending between 5 and 10 degrees warmer than where we were yesterday afternoon. so with that knapp -- napa reaching 78. sat lite and radar shows the rain well to the east. high pressure is building in over the bay area. so what that means is temperatures will continue to warm. we'll see a lot more sunshine and it looks like saturday and sunday actually shaping up to be the warmest days of the week. so 90s back in the forecast as we wrap up the weekend on sunday, and then passed that it looks like temperatures start to cool but at least we

eight players named at plaintiffs including jeremy newberry. they're given pills and injections to hide pain. 500 former players signed onto the suit according to the attorneys. tonight we'll hear from former nfl stars on how they're suffering, today, >> san francisco's crooked street will close to vehicles for four weekends this summer. lombard street will be traffic-free beginning june 21st from noon to 6:00 p.m saturdays and sundays. this does include 4th of july weekend. supervisors are responding to complaints from neighbors who say traffic backs up and there are a number of accidents along this street. >> the mother of a young woman hit and killed says her daughter was wearing ear buds and stopped on the tracks to finish a text when the accident happened a vigil will be held for the 18-year-old britney silva where she was set to graduate in june and go to college. . >> i just know she had the world in her hands. she was happy and loved life. she loved to live life. >> silva being remembered by her classmates as someone who worked hard to

a long-time 49er jeremy newberry among a group of former players now suing the nfl. rs to get them back on the field. newberry says he suffered permanent damage. >>> ebay is asking users to change passwords because of a cyber attack. the company says hackers stole passwords and nonfinancial information. it's not clear how many ebay users were affected. >>> and home prices around the bay area have gone up 16% in the last year alone. real estate website zillow says that's three times the national average because inventory is low so if you are selling, good for you. >>> stay with us. traffic and weather in just a moment. >>> good morning. we're seeing probably our worst delays around the bay area in the south bay. the worst accident of them all is probably southbound 880 approaching 101. that accident is tell you blocking one lane. one vehicle facing sideways. check the delays on 101. they are hefty right now on northbound 101 between san jose and santa clara. also 280 jammed solid through san jose as well as highway 85 because of an earlier crash at de anza. at the bay

jeremy newberry was a pro defensive lineman for 11 is.other players regularly received prescription painkillers without a prescription. and team doctors medicated him rather than take an injured ballplayer out of a game. >> limp into the facility with a crutch and a walking boot and take it off and shoot it up and give me a handful of vicodin and i would eat those and put more novocain on my foot and i would play until halftime. >> that lawsuit claims another 500 players are unnamed plaintiffs who played in the nfl between 1969 and 2008. newberry wants the nfl to change policies to allow more players on team rosters so injured players can take the proper time off to heal from injuries. >>> the 9/11 museum in new york city opens to the public in 20 minutes from now. the museum has been a magnet of controversy. critics have complained about the price and say hewn any should not -- that has the unidentified remains of some of the victims. >>> time is 5:40. trees have secondenned thousands of dogs. >> survey lens picture snapped outside of a

. >> reporter: jeremy newberry played 11 offensive seasons and at 38 years old he says he has stage threeidney failure and blaming the nfl and ill advisement of team doctors for his condition. a lawsuit was filed in a san francisco court yesterday. it alleges injured players often received heavy doses of prescription painkillers in an effort to get them back on the field despite the seriousness of their injuries. many of the players named in the suit claim they have long- term health effects. during an interview at his home he said team doctors would heavily medicate injured players rather than take the appropriate action of removing the player out of the game. >> limp into the facility with a crutch and walking boot and take it off and shoot it up. and they gave me a handful of vicodin. i'm limping and coming back into the locker room and give me another handful of vicodin. i did that for a whole season. >> the eight players named in the lawsuit from 1969 to 2008 they include players take richard dent and jim mcmahon. and another 500 players -- [ inaudible ] newberry says he would like t

jeremy newberry was a former lineman for 11 seasons. he says during -- during his playing career it went too far. he and others are part of a lawsuit filed yesterday. it alleges that the nfl illegally distributed prescription drugs to basically keep players on the field instead of taking proper health action for injured players. we spoke with newberry at his hem and he says that team -- home and he says that team doctors would heavily medicate them and hand out prescription meds like candy and sometimes they were in jars for players to take as they saw fit. you newberry says many of the players have long-term health effects. >> this is the team doctor. he's responsible for your health. you are thinking if he's giving me the shots and pills, obviously it won't do long-term effects this is my doctor. this is the guy i'm entrusted in. he's the one telling me its okay to do this. >> he says especially young players don't question team doctors. he said during the '03/'04 season he was on crutches but doctors offered him the drug to still pla

jeremy was an offensive lineman. newberry claims he and other players regularly received prescription painkillers without a prescription. he also says team doctors medicated them rather than take an injured player out of the game. >> limp into the facility with a crutch and walking boot and take it off and they would shoot it up. own they gave me a handful of vicodin and i would go out and play until halftime. >> the lawsuit states 500 players are unnamed plaintiffs that played from 1969 to 2008. they want the league to change policies to allow more player osen team rosters. >>> minneapolis, minnesota will host the 2018 super bowl. nfl owners made the announcement yesterday. a major deciding factor that, the new stadium being built in minneapolis. now next year's super bowl is in phoenix and then the 49ers new stadium in santa clara, and that is followed by houston in 2017. >>> paul mccartney has been forced to cancel another concert due to illness. the former beatle yesterday called off his entire japan tour because of a vir