it's fascinating that the WWE, which boasts a roster of "superstars" but not "employees," is somehow able to fine and otherwise discipline these 1099 workers while also dictating all the aspects of their working lives
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i think that's accurate among the top ranks, but there's a much, much larger sub-level of wrestler (or MMA fighter, though fines coming out of "purses" make some sense) much more comparable to somewhat busy freelancers for publications like the New Yorker, Wired, and so on
if you're Sedaris getting hit with a "fine," or Garrion Keillor paying a "fine" to come back from #metoo
, you would probably do it, just as a higher-level WWE person might to stay "in the game"
