Ben Torah-
I respectfully ask if you can please keep the posts shorter and to the point, I had a hard time following it.
After quoting my post you (bluntly) said “Wrong”. Was that referring to the whole post or just part of it? I know it’s just my opinion (and I’m not trying to push it as fact) but I’d be surprised if you don’t agree with most of it.
It all depends on where the money comes from. If his parents are supporting him or if his wife is supporting him then yes it is a 100% legitimate form of income.
I hope you agree with this, I can’t imagine why anyone would have a problem.
If the money is coming from other sources, which is beyond the scope of this thread, then no, it is not a legitimate source of income.
I’m apologize for being purposely vague over here, I was hoping that other would realize I was referring to fraud with out explicitly spelling it out.
The difference between being a baseball player and being supported by your fans and learning in Kollel and being supported by the community is that fans decide based on ones performance if they want to pay to watch you play. It’s totally their decision.
Again, over here, I was being vague. The “community support” that I was referring to was in the form of extra tuition and the likes. You’ll probably agree that this form of “payment” is forced regardless of whether or not one “employs” the Kollel fellow. (The reason I chose to be vague was that I didn’t want other posters with different agendas to hijack this thread.)
Of course I agree that if one has a relationship with another where the agreement is that one supports the other in Kollel then it is between the two of them and no one else’s business.
You deserve credit though for the comparison although I don’t like the way it skews the importance of learning verses playing professional sports (if you were to compare their salaries).
(Sorry if I just violated what I asked you not to do.)