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What it means is that crude is having a really tough day. You have Oil Producers from saudi arabia, others, really trying to renegotiate a deal to reduce the output, but crude is not getting a lift on that new. Getting a look at the Retail Stocks we were looking at, after the massive route that we had, the Smallest Companies in the s p 500 are retail. Taking a look at the midcap index, macys was removed on the s p 500. 13 other companies within the s p 500 ended last week with him lower market values and so you had Companies Like cap, kohls, nordstrom, capri, haynes, getting hit hard. So if th...

Designated as employees, the be careful what you ask for situation, if you're an employee and the foundation of that argument is based on the fact that you're getting compensation, then the irs is going to have something to say about that as well. then, of course, you also have the work comp issues that certainly need to be dealt with. >> sure. >> i think this is a great first step, but it's far from the end. i think at the very least it gets that conversation going. >> i have to go to allison who has a bit of a different take. part of your argument is if we go down this road, we'll end up wit...

You'll get paid or treated right. joining us now is economist allison trager, contributor to "reuters" where she wrote a piece on this very topic. former nfl running back for the minnesota vikings, robert smith, now a college football analyst for espn. dave ziren, sports editor at "the nation" and author of "game over: how politics has turned the sports world upsoouddoidedo" welcome, everyone. >> it's massive. it's the first crack in the ncaa's cartel. reminds me of an expression, pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered. the ncaa is getting slaughtered precisely because it's gotten too fat. i was t...

Lost is they are compensated in terms of education and actually the inflation on education has gone up way much more than prices. >> we have to point out these are only one-year scholarships that are renewed on an annual basis at the pleasure of the athletic department. and given the amount of travel and everything robert described, the value of that education is profoundly diminished. >> yeah. i think that's the conversation we should -- >> hold up. allison? >> i think that's why we should have the conversation more based on how can these kids actually get the education they need and deserve?...

on what is effectively the start date for the 2016 republican presidential primary. we'll explore the high stakes political offenses shortly. for the first time since his marathon press conference following the set of bridge-gate revelations, chris christie faced a member of the national press. imagine that. on abc "world news" tonight to proclaim his innocence. >> this report says that i had no knowledge of it before it happened. nor did i authorize it. or have anything to do with it. that's the truth. sometimes people do inexplicably stupid things. >> do you really believe they did...