Stillers Fans at DEFCON 1- Big Ben Accused Again (Update- No Charges Filed)

Then arrest him and drop the charges before the trial.

 

Devil,

A colleague of mine was let go because she gained weight. There was a clause in her contract that the station could fire her for basically any reason.

My father worked for an airline for 20-some years that did not and does not allow its employees to have facial hair. Grow a mustache? Get suspended.

And my favorite... When I worked for CNN, Jane Fonda convinced Ted Turner that nobody at the company should smoke-- at anytime. So at one point, they made new employees sign something saying they were not smokers. Then somebody ratted on somebody after a party. The guy got suspended.

Most states have "right to hire, right to fire, right to suspend" laws. If an airline employee can get suspended for growing a mustache, a TV anchor can get fired for gaining weight, and a news producer can get suspended for smoking at a party.........

I think the NFL is within its rights to do what it wants with 'Big' Ben, including kicking him out of the damn league if it wants.

 

Oh my God. I swear, my IQ is dropping the more I read this thread.

 

We can fire a teacher who is pregnant out of wedlock.

That does not make it right.

 

Then what should the DA have done if they thought he was guilty?

Just let him go?

Aww shucks, Vern, they just going to get a high priced city lawyer and win the case anyway. Let's go fishin.

 

So Devil, let me get this straight.

Your argument is not that the NFL can't suspend Ben - it's that the NFL shouldn't suspend Ben.

I see. Well, I think the NFL shouldn't allow its officials to be part-timers. I think the NFL shouldn't change the overtime rule. I think the NFL shouldn't play the Super Bowl in February.

Good luck to both of us.

 

Right, I don't think they should suspend a player when the court system has deemed him not committing a crime.

If the team wants to trade him, fine.

If we have a teacher who poses for Playboy, it is my district's choice to have her keep teaching or not. If the Virginia Department of education tells us to fire her, then, IMHO, that is wrong.

Honestly, the more I think about this, the more I want them to trade him.

If they get a first rounder this season for him, fine. This BS will be too tiring to deal with next season.

 

Then you need to read the CBA.


Conduct detrimental to Club—maximum fine of an amount equal to
one week’s salary and/or suspension without pay for a period not to exceed
four (4) weeks. This maximum applies without limitation to any deactivation
of a player in response to player conduct (other than a deactivation in
response to a player’s on-field playing ability), and any such deactivation,
even with pay, shall be considered discipline subject to the limits set forth
in this section. The Non-Injury Grievance Arbitrator’s decision in Terrell
Owens (Nov. 23, 2005) is thus expressly overruled as to any Club decision
to deactivate a player in response to the player’s conduct.
The Club will promptly notify the player of any discipline; notice of any
Club fine in a category subject to a maximum of $14,000 or above and of
any “conduct detrimental” fine or suspension will be sent to the NFLPA.
(b) The amounts set forth in Section 1(a) above and Section 7 below
shall be increased for the 2007 League Year, and each League Year thereafter
during the term of this Agreement, at the rate of annual TR growth, up to
a maximum annual growth of 10% per year.

 

Nope - the TV anchor was represented by a union. Lotta good that did. Unions and CBAs can only do so much when you've signed a contract.

Remember years ago when Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf decided not to stand for the National Anthem? And the NBA players union fought and fought for his "right" not to do that?

And the NBA suspended him?

Well, it turns out the NBA has a right to require its players to stand for the National Anthem.

 

The NFL Union not smart? Say it ain't so.

 

I hope LeBron never rapes anyone in a bathroom. I fear I would wind up slurping athlete dick on a message board.