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It’s a big-money game involving sports, injured athletes and state government. The Bears and Chicago’s four other major pro sports teams are pushing Illinois lawmakers to change part of the state’s workers’ compensation system — a move that’s set off...

Illinois is the only state with a workers' compensation law that offers wage differential to professional athletes until the age of 67. Since 2005, the five major professional sports teams in Illinois have paid more money in workers' compensation claims...

Should injured pro athletes be allowed to earn worker compensation benefits until they are 67 years old, like other workers, even if their athletic careers normally would have ended more than 30 years earlier? That issue is being debated between the...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Should injured pro athletes be allowed to earn worker compensation benefits until they are 67 years old, like other workers, even if their athletic careers normally would have ended more than 30 years earlier? That issue is...

I refer to the Occupational Employment Statistics published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2015 edition. Under occupation title "Athletes and Sports Competitors" (27-2021), we have the following figures: Total employment: 11,710. Mean annual...