Bill Backed by NFL Seeks to Reduce Players' Wage Calculations

The National Football League and its players union are once again facing off over legislation to tinker with professional athletes' workers' compensation benefits, this time in Louisiana.House Bill 1069 passed the Louisiana House of Representatives in a 57-31 vote on Wednesday and was read in the Senate on Thursday. The bill is scheduled for a second reading in the Senate today.The bill stipulates that a professional athlete’s average weekly wage, which determines workers’ compensation benefits, is to be calculated based on the athlete’s wages at the time of his injur...