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Message: [QUOTE="HRE Otto IV, post: 4963066, member: 5685"] But they can't have it both ways. Either they are a student or they are an employee. Let's say at a big school the total compensation package is $100k per player. They can choose to be a unionized employee and get paid $100k but have to find their own housing, or they can be a non unionized student and get paid a $25k stipend, while getting tuition, housing, food, etc. An employee can still take classes at the employee discounted rate but it isn't free. Either way it is $100k cost for the school. So nothing really changes for the school. A student getting a full ride isn't taxable. An employee getting one, would be. If you gave them everything free they would need to be taxed on $175k income not $100k. [/QUOTE]