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A San Francisco federal jury on Nov. 10 ordered the NFL Players Association to pay a total of $28.1 million to retired players after finding the union failed to properly market their images on their behalf for use in video games, trading cards and other sports products. The figure includes $21 million in punitive damages, just short of the $21.9 million award that the players' lawyer had asked of the jury to reflect roughly 10 percent of the union's net worth at the start of the year.