re: Non-Compete agreements are now illegal nationwide!

I've been on both sides of NC's fairly often. They generally aren't enforceable anyway because businesses don't do their homework before drafting them.

But you're missing the entire point in any event. It isn't about what you think about how other businesses operate, or what value you abstractly place on other businesses employees. Its about overreach in an area the federal government has no place interfering in.