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Read it on PFT with link below but for confirmation since PFT is a rumor mill,Sirius Radio said it as well so I believe its true
ProFootballTalk.com - Rumor Mill
Didn't Troy Williamson have a problem last year when he wanted time off to attend to his grandmother's funeral as she had raised him??
The next CBA ought to address this issue like MLB has. In baseball they can deactivate a player for 3-7 games and free up a roster spot for a death in the immediate family.....
Major League Baseball transactions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(wikipedia link but better than nothing)
Well, there are millions and millions of people making so little money they have to work regardless of what happens. If they didn't work for a week after the death of a family member, they couldn't make the rent of feed their families. For real feed their families, not the NFL bullcrap.Goodell is not giving a roster exemption to the Bucs this week for Bryant to take time off for the death of his baby - The Bucs may have to ask for Bryant to try and play this week even if the currect situation in his life is horrible.
Great job Goodell - You heartless piece of sh!t
Has the league given roster exemptions to teams with players that have lost members of their immediate families before?
Well, there are millions and millions of people making so little money they have to work regardless of what happens. If they didn't work for a week after the death of a family member, they couldn't make the rent of feed their families. For real feed their families, not the NFL bullcrap.
I feel badly for Bryant's personal situation, but it is working for one afternoon five or six days after a death in the family. It is not unreasonable.
Show some empathy for the working poor in this country and throughout the world, and do your job.
It's terrible what happened with Bryant's child, but why would you blame the league? Get mad at the team if they are not going to give him the game off (which I think they should). From a league perspective I don't see why this is any different than a player getting injured and the team having to shuffle it's roster to find a replacement.
It's terrible what happened with Bryant's child, but why would you blame the league? Get mad at the team if they are not going to give him the game off (which I think they should). From a league perspective I don't see why this is any different than a player getting injured and the team having to shuffle it's roster to find a replacement.
I think the fundamental difference here is most teams don't carry an extra kicker. So for the team to let him stay home they have to hire someone to kick for the day which means cutting someone else. If it were a RB you usually have multiple back ups and could get by for a game maybe not Ideal but you wouldn't neccessarily have to find a one game replacement and you wouldn't have to cut someone else to do it.
That was the Vikings decision not the NFL's and I believe they caved.
True but with a policy, either in the CBA or league-mandated, it would be fairer and give more protections to the player.
True but with a policy, either in the CBA or league-mandated, it would be fairer and give more protections to the player.
Definitely won't argue with that. NFL players definitely have the least amount of overall protections for stuff like that out of any major sport.
I think the fundamental difference here is most teams don't carry an extra kicker. So for the team to let him stay home they have to hire someone to kick for the day which means cutting someone else. If it were a RB you usually have multiple back ups and could get by for a game maybe not Ideal but you wouldn't neccessarily have to find a one game replacement and you wouldn't have to cut someone else to do it.