California Court of Appeal Effectively Locks in the NFL’s Preferred Workers’ Compensation System: One team, One State

By Nicole Bryson, J.D. Introduction Wayne Gandy (“Gandy”) played fifteen years in the National Football League (“NFL”) as an offensive lineman with multiple teams. Six years after he retired, he filed a worker’s compensation claim in California naming the Rams. It was later amended to include his other NFL employers, the Pittsburgh Steelers (“Steelers”), New Orleans Saints (“Saints”) and Atlanta Falcons (“Falcons”), creating the conundrum of which Defendant should be