By: Buckeye Dad

Buckeye Dad
Fri, 31 Jan 2014 16:39:56 +0000

As an "employee" their tuition and all other benefits they receive that are not available to non scholarship students should and would be considered taxable income. Very few of these athletes will go on to play at the professional level and get a big payday but all "employees" are required to pay taxes on income as it is earned. With tuition at Northwestern exceeding $63000 plus housing and other benefits good luck convincing the 3rd string bench warmer that their scholarship is now going to cost them $10,000 to $15000 a year in income tax.