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Re: Brad Childress and The Vikings: One Compassionate Organization
I've been to several funerals on a Sunday, but I like your point: "Hey, schedule her funeral around the NFL schedule."
The point is this: I can practically guarantee that the Vikes would give a front office employee paid bereavement leave. Williamson is just another employee, despite the peculiarities of the NFL season. Also, he's paid to practice, report to off-season camps, hit the film room, show up to team/charity functions, represent the organization at all times, etc...not just play on game days. Even a player who doesn't get in on a single play gets paid.
In a league that is increasingly full of thugs, a guy who wants to take responsibility to get his whole family together for his grandmother's funeral should be given a pat on the back and condolences, not a $25K fine. The money is practically irrelevant to the player, and certainly to the organization, but it makes the Vikes look like the petty joke we all knew them to be anyway.
If I read the article correctly, the funeral was on a Sunday -- why did it have to be scheduled on Sunday? I've never heard of a funeral occurring on a Sunday.
I've been to several funerals on a Sunday, but I like your point: "Hey, schedule her funeral around the NFL schedule."
The point is this: I can practically guarantee that the Vikes would give a front office employee paid bereavement leave. Williamson is just another employee, despite the peculiarities of the NFL season. Also, he's paid to practice, report to off-season camps, hit the film room, show up to team/charity functions, represent the organization at all times, etc...not just play on game days. Even a player who doesn't get in on a single play gets paid.
In a league that is increasingly full of thugs, a guy who wants to take responsibility to get his whole family together for his grandmother's funeral should be given a pat on the back and condolences, not a $25K fine. The money is practically irrelevant to the player, and certainly to the organization, but it makes the Vikes look like the petty joke we all knew them to be anyway.