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My Latest.
Took my breath away.
Lawyers for the @NCAA are arguing in legal documents that we obtained that they don’t have to pay student athletes because the 13th Amendment allows unpaid slave labor.
Yes, I’m serious.https://theintercept.com/2018/02/22/ncaa-student-athletes-unpaid-prison/ …
1. In 1992, an Indiana prison inmate, Daniel Vanskike, argued that it was unfair that he was forced to work, often for for-profit businesses, without being paid a minimum wage. The judge ruled against Vanskike. Let me explain why...
2. In Vanskike v. Peters (Vanskike was the prison inmate & Peters was the head of prisons in Indiana) the judge ruled that Indiana didn't have to pay prisoners a federal minimum wage or give federal worker protections. In the decision, guess what the judge cited? 13th Amendment
I'm here for this thread!!
fyi, investors are starting to tackle the prison labor problem from the other side, notably at Costco http://northstarasset.com/costco-shareholders-urge-the-company-to-survey-suppliers-for-prison-labor/ …
Honestly, I think equating college basketball players who are given free education, free housing, free meals, to my ancestors who were slaves, is a huge mistake. Perhaps if your genealogy was like mine @shaunking you would understand.
I stopped at "prison inmate." Who gives a shit about what a prison inmate says?
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