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Although most of an NFL player’s rights and responsibilities are governed by the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the NFL Players Association and the NFL, the geographic location of a player’s employment has a potentially significant impact on their overall work experience. Click Here to read the full Article.

75,000 people in the stands, cheering, praying your team is going to score on the next play.  You just made the 1st down and the next play is certainly coming to you, the star wide receiver.  This game is on you.  You also know on the last play where you caught a 20-yard pass, the...

On November 29, 2012, San Antonio Spurs coach, Gregg Popovich, changed the way the NBA treated their athletes. During a nationally televised game, Popovich rested star players, Tim Duncan, Manu Ginóbili, Tony Parker, and Danny Green instead of playing them for a fourth time of the five days they were on the road. At this time...

Case Keenum was sacked, fell hard on the turf, and immediately grabbed his head. Although a teammate tried helping him up, he went down again on all fours. Keenum remained in the game, stumbling around the football field with no medical attention provided. It was obvious to everyone watching that Keenum suffered a concussion, but...

Sauna suits while running on the treadmill, hours of sitting in the sauna wearing sweat suits, Epsom salt baths with menthol, the inability to drink water or eat for 24 hours, all while continuing fight preparation. This is the reality for most fighters the day before the weigh-ins with at least another 15 pounds to...

Eric Pelly was eighteen years-old when he collapsed at the dinner table and died. The Pelly’s were informed that several rugby concussions he received in the weeks leading up to his death in 2006 caused swelling in his brain. Sadly, high school athletics have not made changes sufficient to prevent more untimely deaths. Andre Smith was...

Stanley Doughty was a student-athlete at the University of South Carolina with high hopes of playing for the NFL. He received a call from a recruiter for the Kansas City Chiefs and signed a two-year, $400,000 contract. It was a dream come true for him and his family. However, during the mandatory testing of new...

The NFL concussion lawsuit is creating ripples within the sports industry.  Professional hockey players followed up with a lawsuit against the NHL and now, World Wrestling Entertainment (“WWE”) is finding itself a target in a similar lawsuit.  A potential class action lawsuit hit the WWE in early 2015, led by three former WWE wrestlers, Russ...

Co-sponsored by the California Society of Industrial Medicine and Surgery and the California Psychological Association, AB 1542 would restore neuropsychology as a separate Qualified Medical Examination (“QME”) category. Neuropsychologists are licensed clinical psychologists who receive additional post-graduate training specializing in the diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of traumatic brain injuries.  This includes oxygen deprivation, tumors, chemical...

NHL games are no doubt exciting.  NHL hockey players’ incredible athletic ability is on display every game.  However, it is often the violence inherent in the culture of the game that brings fans to their feet.   There is no denying that big hits, checking, and fights sell tickets.NHL athletes suffer the long-term consequences of this...

Fame, Fortune, Glory—what spectators imagine is the life of an NFL athlete. They do not see the grueling hours of practice and the countless injuries these athletes sustain throughout their careers.  NFL athletes peak at 25 years of age and have an average career length of three and a half years. When their careers come...

We all know that National Football League athletes suffer serious and debilitating injuries.  Through the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement and workers compensation benefits, professional football players are at the very least able to obtain some compensation for their injuries and for the disabilities associated with their time in the league. University athletes are given no...