It’s little more complicated than that. You can’t just call them 1099 contractors. There are conditions that have to be met to be considered “not” an employee. I don’t think college players would qualify as non employees under contract.
Edit: pro athletes are considered employees. College...
Can he change his mind and still return to Houston? What’s the process now? It used to be signing with an agent meant no going back but college kids have agents now. Is there a calender deadline to decide to go back to college?
I have skills that are valued in the market place. I have a family. I have leveraged those skills for increasing pay every year for the last decade plus. My only loyalty is to my family. All things being equal, I take the money because I’m a hired gun and I work for my family. I’m happy and I...
If you could renegotiate your salary based on market value every year, wouldn’t you do that? For you and your family? If someone is willing to pay you more, it’s definitely worth considering. I don’t blame the players. It’s the adults running the system that have screwed it all up with their own...
Yeah, that’s not so easy. There are a lot of variables. New players. Injuries. Different path and different matchups in the tourney. It’s just not as easy as saying they’re adding 3 good (inexperienced) players so they should be back in The title game. It’s not an easy thing to do and there’s 20...