NFL Players Rally against Comp Limitations

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – About two dozen former National Football League players took to the north steps of the California Capitol on Monday to speak against AB 1309, a measure that National Football League Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith said should be called the “denial of care act.”AB 1309, by Assemblyman Henry Perea, D-Fresno, would prohibit professional athletes who compete in the state for fewer than 90 days out of the 365 days preceding an injury from filing a claim in California. Additionally, the bill says an athlete can’t file a cumulative t...