Pay minimum wage? So less than grocery store clerks or McDonalds workers? They do get free room and board, because they're minors who are living where the team that drafted them is, otherwise they'd live at home. And if they paid for their own equipment, unlike minimum wage workers, they'd be actually being paid less than minimum wage.
I don't disagree that the lawsuit has very little chance of success (and I'm a lawyer) but it's not all beer and skittles for these kids. Imagine being traded to Prince George.
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