Pacman Suspended for the Entire 2007 Season

[DesertCat]

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...I always think of it this way

Should would I do outside of my job affect my employment status....I dont think so

...If I wanna get high, break the law, kill people etc...and it doesnt affect my job then who cares

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Employers. And everybody else.

This is a really awful post. You don't really believe this, do you?

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Absolutetely...I can understand the viewpoint that it can effect viewership...but is there anyone you know of that didnt watch the super bowl because of Tank? Neither did I.....


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The NFL cares if bad behavior hurts attendance at other games, not just the super bowl.

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...I understand the image the league wants to portray but when you give individuals millions of dollars, when there whole life they have had to struggle to get a dime, dumb things will occur...


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And the NFL should care about Pacman's personal problems, why? They are trying to make a buck selling pro football games, if one player leaves, another enters to take his place. Sucks for the Titans, but another team will have a better season due to their poor judgement in employing Pacman and tying up their resources in him. Another cornerback instantly becomes "the best in the league" instead of PacMan. The NFL makes as much or more money.

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...and from what I recall Pacman hasnt even been convicted or arrested yet in regards to his actions...so the NFL is suspending him with an innocent until proven guilty approach which is against most everything the legal system stands for?

...it may be a [censored] opinion to some, but it is just one mans opinion?


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It's been pointed out that this isn't the legal system. It's an employer hiring an employee to do a job. And employers have to use reasonably likely as a judgement.

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...hypothetically imagine word gets to your employer that you may or not have banged a hooker and been drunk and high...and they fire you or suspend you without you being convicted of either? How pissed will you be?

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The CEO of Starwood, a multibillion dollar hotel chain, was just forced to resign and forfeit his $30M severence package allegedly because he sent inappropriate text messages to female subordinates, among other allegations of inappropriate conduct that he entirely denied. He was by all accounts, extremely valuable and doing a great job. But the board evidently felt he was a liar and a ticking time bomb that would blow up in their face, and that they could find another guy to do the job as well or better.

What you don't understand is the concept of brand management. The NFL wants people to have positive responses when the NFL is presented to them, they don't want any negative associations. They do thousands of things (marketing, charitable works, community outreach, player events with fans) to build goodwill and the value of their brand.

When a player willfully creates events that make the NFL and it's players look bad, the NFL probably can't quantify how many fans it will cost them. But neither do they need an exact count. The NFL is looking out for the good of all the teams, and anyone damaging the league's image, either in a small or big way, isn't needed, no matter how valuable he is to one franchise.

The players union understands the value of the NFL brand and how it's created their enormous salaries. What no one here has yet talked about is that the head of the players union, Gene Upshaw was directly involved in deciding PacMan's punishment, he signed off on it before it was announced with full support of the players.

Pacman got a little lucky. He can fix his life, come back and play and make tons of money. But the commissioner is setting him up for a lifetime ban if he screws up one more time. After all, why should he care about one of the few players who's screwing it up for everyone else?