text: The former NFL kicker Lawrence Tynes  is suing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers accusing them of unsanitary conditions that led to a MRSA infection  that he says ended his career. The 36-year-old is seeking $20million in lost future earnings and $15,000 in damages after he contracted the deadly infection in 2013 following a surgery on an ingrown toenail, according to  Albert Breer of the NFL Network. The lawsuit was announced on Monday and alleges that the Buccaneers 'failed to disclose and actively concealed ongoing incidents of the infection among other individuals' who used  team's facilities, according to ESPN. Lawrence Tynes has filed a lawsuit against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for $20million in lost future earnings . Tynes was in training camp with the Buccaneers in 2013 when he contracted the deadly MRSA infection . The suit also claims that the team did not use necessary sterile techniques and routinely left therapy devices, equipment and surfaces unclean, according to ESPN. Tynes and another player, offensive guard Carl Nicks, both contracted Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections during a July 2013 outbreak of the  infection during the Buccaneers' summer training camp prior to the season. Nicks reached a settlement with the team last year over his infection for $3million, according to Deadspin. Tynes, who has not kicked a football since 2012, said that he spent eight or nine days without being diagnosed and his infection worsened. 'No one cultured my toe at the facility,' he told ESPN. 'I left that facility on my own and found a doctor in town and said, 'Can you look at my toe because I think all the doctors at the Bucs are lying to me.' The former kicker is seeking an additional $15,000 in damages and says the infection has ended his career . The lawsuit claims that the team did not use necessary sterile techniques and routinely left therapy devices, equipment and surfaces unclean . 'And I took my sock off, he looks at my toe, without any scientific study or anything, he said, 'You have MRSA.' And I'm at a billion-dollar company with the supposed best doctors in the world, and not one of them told me that I had that? I know they knew I had it. They just didn't want me to have it.' He also told ESPN he nearly had his toe amputated due to MRSA, and said that because of the pain in his toe he can longer play. After he contracted the infection, Tynes was  placed on the non-football injury list (NFI) by the team just before the season began. MRSA is usually contracted by people in hospitals or other medical facilities. It is resistant to most antibiotic treatments and can lead to deadly flesh-eating bacteria. The infection can remain in the body for years while being treated. The superbug killed more people than AIDS in 2011. Source: Centers for Disease Control . The NFI list is the team's way of denying . liability after he contracted the precursor for flesh-eating bacteria, . which denies him of certain benefits he is eligible for while on IR. Players on IR reserve their full salary, an accrued season (towards both free agency and retirement benefits) and full health insurance – players on NFI receive none of those benefits. First infected after a July 30 procedure to remove an ingrown toenail on his kicking foot, in earlier reports Tynes said he went to the team after his foot became red and swollen within a few days. Six different antibiotics and three surgical procedures later, he previously told Fox Sports that the team was denying liability. 'I'm standing up for what I think is right,' Tynes told ESPN. 'Or what I know is right. I'm in this thing 'til the very end. I'm not going away.' The former New York Giants postseason hero had a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) line hooked directly to his veins to more efficiently get antibiotics into his system to fight the infection, according to Fox Sports. The kicker's plight was first brought to the nation's attention by his wife after Buccaneers coach Greg Schiano told media the infected players were 'responding well' to treatment. 'I hear my husband is responding 'well' to treatment. LOL! He's NOT responding at all yet. This is our #bucslife,' Amanda Tynes tweeted August 13, 2013 with a picture of her ailing husband on the couch, hooked up to an intravenous drip. Less than a month later, with their kicker still sidelined and hopes of him recovering in time to contribute to the 2013 season dwindling, the Buccaneers informed the two-time Super Bowl champion the weekend before the season opener that he would be placed on the non-football injury list, further infuriating him and his wife. Tynes (9) twice kicked the New York Giants to the Super Bowl with NFC Championship-winning overtime field goals . 'The Bucs informed my husband via EMAIL that he will be placed on NFI. Wouldn't expect anything more from such a classy organization,' Amanda Tynes tweeted at the time. 'Historically, other teams have done the right thing,' said Lawrence Tynes. 'Other players who have had staph or MRSA, the appropriate designation is IR.' MRSA infections are resistant to most bacteria and, if untreated, can turn deadly. They are usually diagnosed in people who have been in hospitals or had medical procedures and can take years to overcome, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Tynes took to the airwaves to voice his concerns and speak out against what he felt was negligent treatment by the team. He signed a one-year contract with the Buccaneers prior to the 2013 season after a six-year stint with the Giants, where he became famous for twice nailing field goals in overtime that sent his team to the Super Bowl. Tynes started his career with the Kansas City Chiefs.
target: Lawrence Tynes contracted the deadly infection after surgery on his foot in 2013 and is now seeking an additional $15,000 in damages .
  Lawsuit was announced on Monday and claims the team disclosed ongoing incidents of the infection among other individuals .
  It also claims necessary sterile techniques were not used and that therapy equipment and surfaces were left unclean .