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11-10-2007, 12:37 PM
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Re: Troy Williamson docked paycheck to attend grandmother\'s funeral
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That is just sick. The Vikings should have handled it differently. They should have cancelled the game for one thing and worried about rescheduling once Troy was able to attend. Another thing is, they shouldn't dock him any pay just because he missed the game he's supposed to be playing in! Come on, if showing up to work is required to make an agreed upon sum of money, that's not the world I want to live in. They should have paid him his money because he would have played if he could. Why don't they handle all of his expenses too? The Vikings should pick up the tab for everything; airplane tickets, hotels, food, cremation services, etc. If somebody close to you dies then the whole world should stop and you should be treated extra special, not how the Vikings treated Troy. I can't even write anything else, I'm so disgusted! [/ QUOTE ] If this isn't a level, then you, sir, are retarded. Any "normal" job in this country gives its employees vacation time, and especially paid bereavement leave in most. The guy is asking for one week to go to the funeral of the woman who raised him. If you really believe what you just wrote, you are one cold sumbitch. 
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11-10-2007, 01:04 PM
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Re: Troy Williamson docked paycheck to attend grandmother\'s funeral
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NFL player is not in any way a "normal" job. [/ QUOTE ] Well, obviously. I'm just saying, these guys are normal human beings who happen to have extraordinary athletic talent. Let's look at it this way. If this was Childress's call, do you think he's going to give up his own game check because his mom died and he had to go to the funeral? Just because this isn't a "normal" job doesn't mean they shouldn't have the same opportunities to be normal humans when something more important than some game happens.
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11-10-2007, 03:42 PM
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Re: Troy Williamson docked paycheck to attend grandmother\'s funeral
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[ QUOTE ] NFL player is not in any way a "normal" job. [/ QUOTE ] Well, obviously. I'm just saying, these guys are normal human beings who happen to have extraordinary athletic talent. Let's look at it this way. If this was Childress's call, do you think he's going to give up his own game check because his mom died and he had to go to the funeral? Just because this isn't a "normal" job doesn't mean they shouldn't have the same opportunities to be normal humans when something more important than some game happens. [/ QUOTE ] Whatta joke. They most certainly have the the same opportunities. In fact, they have a helluva lot more opportunities than the 'normal' person. They can be normal human beings when something more important than the game happens. It's called life, no matter what your occupation. Some things in life have consequences. And no, they certainly don't have 'normal' jobs. As far as I'm concerned, these players are contractors. They signed a contract. Bereavement pay wasn't in the contract. So you suck it up. Why is it that they pay their agents to handle their contracts? Childress may not have made an issue out of it and just went to the funeral, accepted the consequential loss of income and not said anything about it. Why isn't that an option? b
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11-10-2007, 03:43 PM
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Re: Troy Williamson docked paycheck to attend grandmother\'s funeral
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That is just sick. The Vikings should have handled it differently. They should have cancelled the game for one thing and worried about rescheduling once Troy was able to attend. Another thing is, they shouldn't dock him any pay just because he missed the game he's supposed to be playing in! Come on, if showing up to work is required to make an agreed upon sum of money, that's not the world I want to live in. They should have paid him his money because he would have played if he could. Why don't they handle all of his expenses too? The Vikings should pick up the tab for everything; airplane tickets, hotels, food, cremation services, etc. If somebody close to you dies then the whole world should stop and you should be treated extra special, not how the Vikings treated Troy. I can't even write anything else, I'm so disgusted! [/ QUOTE ] LOL! This is great. b
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11-10-2007, 06:21 PM
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Re: Troy Williamson docked paycheck to attend grandmother\'s funeral
Vikings changed their minds and are giving Williamson his paycheck. Williamson said he will donate it to charity in honor of his grandmother.
I'll give Childress some credit here. He met with some veterans on the team, who I assume told him he [censored] up. He admitted he was wrong, saying, "I think the important thing is everybody grieves differently. That's the thing that I learned, or we learned, in this. In the end, it's not important to be right, but to get it right." http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3103651
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11-10-2007, 06:26 PM
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Re: Troy Williamson docked paycheck to attend grandmother\'s funeral
is it proper internet forum protocol to let people know it was a level? or is it better to let everyone go, "OMG HE CAN'T BE SERIOUS WTF?!?!?"
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11-10-2007, 07:57 PM
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Re: Troy Williamson docked paycheck to attend grandmother\'s funeral
The Vikings admitted they f'd up and are paying Williamson his money. Williamson in turn is donating that money to charity for his grandmother. Wow.
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