Mark Cuban wanted to hire students to do some promo crap about his NBA team Dallas Mavericks without paying them, so the interns can gain the “valuable experience”. He run this by his HR person who promptly discovered that this is illegal, see the sources on Mark’s blog. This is crazy. Mark Cuban is the billionaire owner of one of the most successful NBA franchises, and all around investor. He can’t pay students to do some photos? Hey Cuban, here is what you pay to your players, why don’t you ask them to do some Photoshop for you, they can gain the valuable experience and benefit from it after they retire from basketball.
Further reading:Unpaid Internship is Illegal
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