OUT OF CONTROL! Nets exec slams ultra-lax workers’ comp in California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s workers’ compensation system has awarded millions of dollars in benefits for job-related injuries to thousands of professional athletes, including many who played for out-of-state teams, according to a report.
Sports leagues and their insurers are working to stop the practice, which has paid an estimated $747 million to about 4,500 players since the early 1980s, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Some of the athletes played as little as one game in California.