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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.If anything, he's actually getting off much easier than the majority of us would, with the ability to earn millions when he returns for 2015.
how do you suspend an owners pay?
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The majority of us suffer absolutely no penalty, at all. Most of us aren't working for jobs with random drug testing, and that's a good thing, because there's no reason that we should be getting tested. The problem isn't even that step, though. The problem is that the sports unions were stupid enough to allow non-impactful drugs on testing lists. It's none of the NFL's business if a player is smoking weed, doing other drugs, drinking, etc...
Why would anyone want to give a 7th for a guy who is totally, completely unreliable? He could be an unrestricted free agent willing to sign for the absolute minimum and the Patriots still wouldn't take him.
mostly because he has the talent to be the best receiver in the league. Randy Moss had a ton of issues at one point too, and he ended up working out okay. a 7th round pick is basically a throwaway pick, when he comes back he's going to be incredibly cheap, and you can sign him to an incentive deal when his rookie contract is up, because no team is going to give him any guaranty's one piss test away from a lifetime ban
Sadly, this dude looks to have some serious problems. One's I'm not sure we can help.
because that team obviously doesn't want to put the effort into making him a man.
I disagree. If I'm handing someone a cheque for $5M, it is part of my business if that player is doing things that could affect their current and future performance. One could argue that smoking pot isn't affecting performance, but I'd rather that player be at the gym or out in the community rather than getting high at home.
Gordon knows all of this and he's agreed to all of this when he signed his contract. If he really doesn't agree with it and doesn't want to be subjected to it, he is free to join the CFL, which does not test for recreational drugs. He would make a fraction of the money he could in the NFL, but he would be able to play without being suspended every time he wants to get high. Or he could take a sabbatical a la Ricky Williams. But there's no gun to his head; he knew what he was getting into, he's getting extremely well-compensated for it despite the rookie contract (CFL rookies average $50K, CFL players average $80K), and this was the decision he made.
I understand and agree that it's stupid to have marijuana on the list. One could easily argue alcohol is much more dangerous than weed. At the same time, marijuana has no actual physical addictive properties, unlike other drugs like alcohol, nicotine, and opioids as examples. There's no reason to be "addicted" to MJ, it's all mental. Basically, Gordon is choosing pot over millions of dollars, his career, and his teammates. There's no physical strain from withdrawal if he stopped; he just doesn't want to stop and doesn't seem to understand decisions and consequences. It's really sad.
Also, I'm sure many of us entrenched in the workforce missed the drug testing phase, that majority who don't face it is shrinking pretty rapidly. 84% of employers in the US require pre-employment drug testing nowadays. 39% do random screening, while 73% do on-cause testing. 58% do testing after an accident. The concern isn't what people do outside of work, but rather if they do it at work. I'm not saying I agree with it, just that it's happening more often than you think.
...Of a lot more likely than landing a pro bowl WR of his caliber in the draft or any player his caliber in the first round much less third. I would waste a third rounder for a chance to have him racking up 2000 yards for us in 2015. How many third rounders have we squandered for very little reward.
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Go to meetings and don't drink. Sounds lame. Get your life back. Sounds awesome.
Not to crap on your point, but how'd that work out?well, a commish COULD ruin an owner's reputation, fine him , take his team's first round draft choice, let the nearest opposition's head coach get away with debauchery,public lewdness, public profanity, coaching preposterous sideline tripping incidents and then sit back silently as the national press savages this owner for years and years while still allowing "Ice Cream Thursdays!!!" and "Tattoos of My Players On My Wife's Body!" that humiliate the league worldwide.
The fact that you're trying to play the pick-and-choose game with weed and booze should be enough to let you know that your position does not hold water. This is employment, not slavery. You may be fine with giving up privacy rights, but I'm not.
Also, 39% is, clearly, not most.
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The majority of us suffer absolutely no penalty, at all. Most of us aren't working for jobs with random drug testing, and that's a good thing, because there's no reason that we should be getting tested. The problem isn't even that step, though. The problem is that the sports unions were stupid enough to allow non-impactful drugs on testing lists. It's none of the NFL's business if a player is smoking weed, doing other drugs, drinking, etc...
Bringing someone in =/= signing them.You said they wouldnt sign him as a UFA for minimum, they brought in someone with much more serious run ins with the law, showing they arent afraid of Gordon smoking a little weed.
You're 100% within your rights to hold on to that belief. Enjoy your life of low-income, meaningless jobs.The fact that you're trying to play the pick-and-choose game with weed and booze should be enough to let you know that your position does not hold water. This is employment, not slavery. You may be fine with giving up privacy rights, but I'm not.
I respectfully disagree with you that "the majority of us suffer absolutely no penalty, at all."
There are plenty of repercussions involved for those who fail drug tests. If you work in the medical field, the teaching field, the criminal justice field, many construction jobs, or any position which involves driving a car/truck or operating machinery, you are likely getting drug tested and suffering the consequences that come with it.
As a matter of fact, most of the job positions in the U.S. worth a damn don't even give you a second interview unless you've already passed a drug test--that's how important it is for employment.
As far as feeling sorry for NFL players who make millions, that's between them and their union, but it's a pretty nice gig overall. It's widely known that there is one testing day in the middle of April, and if you're dumb enough to fail that every year, you'll be placed into a higher tier which subjects you to many tests in the future. Most sports have recreational drug testing, so while I agree with you about questions of its validity, it is still the norm.
No offense, but there's nothing to disagree with. The majority of us aren't subject to the drug testing, save at the time of hiring. Therefore, we can't suffer a penalty on a random drug test, because we aren't subject to them.
And the millions of dollars argument is just a red herring that is used by people who can't accept capitalism.