Normally, this site tries to stay away from politics (please go check out our guidelines and keep them in mind in any discussions below). However, on rare occasion, politics do brush against sports unavoidably. On even rarer occasions, politics are actually directed at sports. In this case, a provision has been included in Illinois Senate Bill 12 that seeks to end the workers’ compensation benefits for professional athletes at age 35 (unless they can prove that their pro athlete career would likely have extended beyond that point). By some accounts, this provision is being pushed—at least in part—by the McCaskey family.
Illinois SB 12, Free Agency, and the Chicago Bears
