Former NFLPA Pres.: Athlete Bill Could Hurt Saints in Free Agency

A former president of the NFL Players Association said that a Louisiana bill addressing workers’ compensation for professional athletes could hurt the New Orleans’ Saints ability to sign high-profile free agents, according to a local news report.House Bill 1069 was passed in the House last week, and on Monday was referred to the Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. It seeks to calculate a professional athlete’s workers’ compensation benefits based on weekly earnings at the time the player gets injured, rather than basing the calculation on his average ann...