independant contractor vs. employee

[IowaMike]

I used to work for a school district at the high school building and did freshman and sophomore games for them, as well as a few games at the middle school. I did not do varsity games at the high school. The pay for those games was always put on my regular paycheck. I always felt that if I was ever injured doing one of those games, it would be considered the same as getting injured while doing my regular job for the district since I was not being paid as an independent contractor.