Troy Williamson docked paycheck to attend grandmother's funeral

[Kneel B4 Zod]

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You are paid to play. He didn't play. Ergo he shouldn't be paid.

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there are plenty of situations where guys get paid for not playing. most of them injury related, but still.

Doc Rivers just left his coaching job for a couple days to attend his dad's funeral. should the Celtics not pay him b/c he missed practice and the Toronto game?

[areinitz]

Who cares if he was docked pay, he makes millions, he can afford it.

[tolbiny]

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if my mother dies, almost anybody could take a week off

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If your taking a week off usually you are taking a weeks vacation time or you are not getting paid for that week.

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You are paid to play. He didn't play. Ergo he shouldn't be paid.

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there are plenty of situations where guys get paid for not playing. most of them injury related, but still.

Doc Rivers just left his coaching job for a couple days to attend his dad's funeral. should the Celtics not pay him b/c he missed practice and the Toronto game?

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I think that not paying him for however much time he missed is pretty reasonable.

[Kneel B4 Zod]

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You are paid to play. He didn't play. Ergo he shouldn't be paid.

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there are plenty of situations where guys get paid for not playing. most of them injury related, but still.

Doc Rivers just left his coaching job for a couple days to attend his dad's funeral. should the Celtics not pay him b/c he missed practice and the Toronto game?

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I think that not paying him for however much time he missed is pretty reasonable.

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I think it's more reasonable to treat the guy as a human being and cut him some slack b/c his Dad died.

[ClarkNasty]

This is the same franchise that had sex cruises.

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You are paid to play. He didn't play. Ergo he shouldn't be paid.

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there are plenty of situations where guys get paid for not playing. most of them injury related, but still.

Doc Rivers just left his coaching job for a couple days to attend his dad's funeral. should the Celtics not pay him b/c he missed practice and the Toronto game?

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I think that not paying him for however much time he missed is pretty reasonable.

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I think it's more reasonable to treat the guy as a human being and cut him some slack b/c his Dad died.

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I guess I'd say that I wouldn't expect compensation in his position. I'd certainly appreciate the hell out of it, but I wouldn't find it unreasonable.

[MCS]

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if my mother dies, almost anybody could take a week off

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If your taking a week off usually you are taking a weeks vacation time or you are not getting paid for that week.

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Except that most businesses will give you vacation time as part of your contract with them. And if they don't have paid vacation, they don't assume that your work only occurs on 16 specific days per year, even if those days are the most visible and pressure-filled ones.

[Kneel B4 Zod]

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Who cares if he was docked pay, he makes millions, he can afford it.

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Based on his 2007 salary of $435,000, the action by the Vikings will cost the three-year veteran $25,588.

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there was also some bonus money he got, but this isn't Arod we're talking about

[ClarkNasty]

I find the idea that teams fine players for missing practices, in whole or in part, but also dock a full 1/16th pay for missing a game to be pretty inconsistent.