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It's a tricky question, because they're not workers. They're players.
by RandallBrown 7y ago
It's a tricky question, because they're not workers. They're players.
- tunared 7y agoHow are they not workers? They have to show up to work (practice) and play in games. If they get hurt, they loose their scholarship (just like an hourly contract employee).
- scott_s 7y agoTraining for and playing the game is their labor, which generates enormous revenue for the institution they belong to. In any other setting - including professional sports - we would call them workers. And it's brutal, punishing work that they will live with for the rest of their lives.