Amendments to Athlete Comp Bill Don't Sway Opponents

By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefThe Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations on Wednesday unanimously passed a scaled-back measure limiting the rights of professional athletes to file comp claims in California, but the changes to the bill have done nothing to eliminate opposition from players associations, applicants’ attorneys and labor unions.Assemblyman Henry Perea, D-Fresno, said during Wednesday’s committee hearing that he amended AB 1309 to expressly state that it applies only to out-of-state athletes to alleviate concerns that similar prohibitions could be appli...