In late September, California Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation that will mandate financial protections for student-athletes who suffer from major injuries.  The legislation states that universities that receive more than $10 million annually in sports media revenue (i.e., Cal, Stanford, UCLA, and USC) shall, among other things, provide academic scholarships to student-athletes who lose their athletic scholarships due to injury, cover insurance deductibles and pay health care premiums for low-income athletes, and pay future medical costs for on-the-field injuries.  The legislation can be found here.

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