Posted on 02/03/2015 10:59:59 AM PST by shove_it
Yah that occurred to me too, it does have a whiff of organized labor in it but, what with the prevalence of players’ associations in sports these days, I’m for the caddies.
Apple doesn’t rebroadcast use your likeness to sell its product. It’s more like I sell a product or service say called Korbomite, and put up a web page with a picture of Rush Limbaugh and put up the words, “Rush loves Korbomite!” That is an invasion of privacy of the appropriation of likeness sort. Here, the caddies likenesses are on national TV just above the advertisement on the bib. I like the case for the caddies.
So you’re saying these caddies are just looking for a little something—you know—for the effort.
On second thought, let me amend my reply #21.
The article is not clear as to whether or not the caddies signed a ‘release’ to participate in the tournament, that requires them to wear the bib with the sponsors’ logo. But if they have signed such a release, as you say, “let them go find another job”.
The player pays the caddie. The PGA has requirements for people on the course during the tournament, including the caddie. They require the bib when on the course.
So, they don’t pay the caddie but require him to provide an advertising service.
The caddies don’t work for the PGA, they work for the players. The players agree to the contract that the caddies will wear the bibs, the players should compensate the caddies since the prize money covers the players salary. If the players don’t want to pay the caddies for it, they can go without a caddy, as there is nothing in the rules that require one.
The PGA isn’t making a dime off of the likeness of any caddie.
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