Same Injury; Different Coverage: How Privatized Insurance Policies Affect Injured Elite and Non-Elite Professional Athletes
By Diana P. Cortes, February 8, 2012
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When professional athletes suffer career-threatening injuries they often rely on their Leagues’ Collective Bargaining Agreement disability insurance provisions which union officials negotiate with team owners and managers. Collective Bargaining Agreements afford protections differing in scope and limitation-grievance procedures usually involve arbitration rather than trial.
