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Originally Posted by Sweed
I'm no lawyer or anything close but are these rulings that make unionizing possible also making the players employees of the university?
Well if they are employees shouldn't they also be paying taxes on the value of their scholarships? They are employees in essence being paid to play so wouldn't that be taxable income?
I would think they have to declare the $15 grand as income why not their scholarship?
Just a thought in the back of my mind, am I way off base?
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I'm no lawyer either but I think maybe you got it backwards? I thought the National Labor Relations Board decided that the players were eligible to unionize because they received benefits from the school.
Also I think benefits is key here as opposed to salary. I don't think that scholarships are taxable.