NFL Loses Offset Dispute with Bills and Jets Players

By Patrick Reilly, CorrespondentA federal judge issued an injunction requiring all National Football League team owners to stop trying to reduce workers’ compensation benefits to former players who were injured while playing, a decision that will protect significant benefits for former players, lawyers for the players association said.Judge Paul Crotty, with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, issued the permanent injunction last week, enforcing an earlier judgment won by the NFL Players Association against a council representing the teams. “It’s a ...