Columnist Questions Motive for Athlete Comp Bill

A columnist for the Los Angeles Times said major professional sports leagues are “trying to put another howler over on us” with a bill in the Assembly that prohibits out-of-state athletes from collecting workers’ compensation benefits in California.Professional baseball, basketball, football, hockey and soccer leagues say they need the bill because of a so-called loophole in California law that allows athletes to collect benefits even if they played only a single game in the state. Columnist Michael Hiltzik said the Legislature appears set “to swallow this one whole,&rd...