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GGG · 02-09-2017, 11:34 PM

Why does the profitability of the businesses matter in determining if the kids are employees

legally what are they?

- they aren't customers like kids playing sports
- they aren't independent contractors as they aren't free to sign with who they want to
- they aren't volunteers
- so what's left is an employee

The problem is that we have let our sports teams off without competition. And this allows the monopoly to price fix. If you let the kids be independent contractors then some would be paid quite a bit while others would have parents paying for their spot on the team.

If the league as a whole is making a profit then their monopoly is unfairly restricting the earnings of the players.

02-09-2017, 11:34 PM	#66
GGG Franchise Player Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: California Exp:	Why does the profitability of the businesses matter in determining if the kids are employees legally what are they? - they aren't customers like kids playing sports - they aren't independent contractors as they aren't free to sign with who they want to - they aren't volunteers - so what's left is an employee The problem is that we have let our sports teams off without competition. And this allows the monopoly to price fix. If you let the kids be independent contractors then some would be paid quite a bit while others would have parents paying for their spot on the team. If the league as a whole is making a profit then their monopoly is unfairly restricting the earnings of the players. Last edited by GGG; 02-09-2017 at 11:57 PM.