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participated was determined by subtracting from the portion of
the gross proceeds of the event allocated to the club, the
wrestlers' television expenses, taxes, and air fare, where travel
was by air, and dividing the remainder between the wrestlers and
the club on a 30-70 or 35-65 percent basis. Before the club
began obtaining the air transportation for the wrestlers, only
television costs and taxes were deducted from the gross proceeds
before the split. The 30 to 35 percent of the club's adjusted
gross proceeds from a show allocated to the wrestlers would be
divided among the wrestlers performing at a certain event on a
basis determined by the club, which was primarily geared to the
view of the managers of the club as to which wrestlers had been
most instrumental in attracting the crowds that came to the
wrestling matches.
Mr. Vern Gagne considered the deducting of the air
transportation costs from the gross take before splitting it
between the wrestlers and the club to be a fair arrangement,
whereby the wrestlers and the club each paid a proportion of the
air fare costs.
From time to time, the wrestlers would discuss in the locker
rooms the fact that they were really paying for their own air
travel, since it "came off the top", so that the checks they
received from each wrestling event were less than they had been
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