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NBC Sports reports that contracts being offered to new Los Angeles Rams players state that the laws of Missouri, not California, control the relationship. The NFL Players Association has in turn instructed all certified contract agents to reject that term as “inappropriate.”

Critics says other language in the contract makes the purpose of this strategy clear. The Rams hope to nudge any workers’ compensation claims away from California and into Missouri.

From the contract: “The parties hereto acknowledge that this Player Contract has been negotiated and executed in Missouri; that should any dispute, claim or cause of action (collectively ‘dispute’) arise concerning rights or liabilities arising from the relationship between the Player and the Club, the parties hereto agree that the law governing such dispute shall be the law of the State of Missouri. Furthermore, the exclusive jurisdiction for resolving Workers’ Compensation related claims shall be the Division of Workers’ Compensation of Missouri, and the Missouri Workers’ Compensation Act shall govern.”

The NFLPA strongly disagrees. “We believe that any reference to the state of Missouri is inappropriate since the Rams have relocated to California as evidenced by the fact that they have changed their name on their website to the Los Angeles Rams, are prepared to hold off-season workouts and training camp in California, and will practice and play their home games in California in 2016,” the union says in the memo to all agents.

The Rams, however, say that the use of such language is more geared toward player bonuses paid out in March as an effort to help players pay a lesser state income tax, according to the Los Angeles Daily News. Pro Football Talk offered another follow up on Sunday with the Rams offering further clarification that all deals will simply roll over into California when the team moves in April.

Forbes has yet to release its 2016 valuation of every NFL franchise, but the man in charge of putting them together told the Washington Post in January that upon moving back to Los Angeles, the Rams doubled their value. Michael Ozanian, Forbes’s executive editor, said then that the Rams are now worth about $3 billion following the move to Los Angeles and the construction of their palatial new stadium in Inglewood. Assuming that value, the Rams would then trail only the Dallas Cowboys and New England Patriots in Forbes’ rankings.

The team is planning to move out of Rams Park and St. Louis by the end of the month.