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years 1981 through 1989 petitioner frequently wrestled for MBWC
or other Gagne organizations at matches which were far enough
removed in distance from Minnetonka, Minnesota, that airplane
travel was necessary. Generally, the Gagne organizations made
the necessary air travel arrangements for petitioner and other
wrestlers who were to appear at an event. In years prior to the
year 1981, the Gagne organization did not arrange for or pay for
the wrestlers' air travel. The wrestlers arranged for and paid
for their own air travel. Occasionally, wrestlers would not
arrive at the place where the wrestling event was to be held a
full hour ahead of the scheduled opening of the event. Mr. Vern
Gagne was not pleased with the time of arrival of some of the
wrestlers and announced to a group of them in their dressing
rooms at one event prior to 1981 that MBWC was going to begin
arranging for the wrestlers' air travel, either by commercial
airlines or by chartered plane, and that MBWC would purchase the
tickets and see that the wrestlers were furnished with the ticket
to travel to the event. At this time he stated that the cost of
the airplane tickets was going to be deducted from the gross
receipts for the performance before a division of those receipts
was made between the part the wrestlers would get and the part
the club would get, and, therefore, in effect the wrestlers would
still be paying a part of the cost of their air fare. The amount
wrestlers as a group received from an event in which they
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