NFLPA Calls Teams' Choice of Law Provisions Unconstitutional

The National Football League Players Association launched a volley of arguments against a federal district court ruling that would allow private employers to use employment contracts to bypass the California workers' compensation system, in a brief asking the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to hold oral arguments in a dispute between the Tennessee Titans and a former offensive lineman.The NFL Players Association believes that a federal district court ruling ordering Bruce Matthews' workers' compensation claim to be adjudicated under Tennessee law violates a number of policies, includi...