Quote:No. What we're dealing with is an contract employee who is a representative of the league. As a representative of the league he is expected to conduct himself in a manner which represents the league in a positive light. If you don't represent yourself in a positive light then you become a member which brings down the rest of the members. The entire NFLPAA suffers when one of them represents the union, and league, as a bum.

 

If you can drink at home without driving or getting your tail in the news then that's acting responsibly, whether it's on league time or your time. But if you're on your time, and being stupid, you're still representing the league, and the Union.

 

He signed a contract right? He joined the NFLPA union right? He cashed the checks from the Jags right? He's suspended because he's in violation. What's the difficulty of understanding this?

 

Regards......................the Chiefjag

 

The difficulty is that its unreasonable and more and more organizations are pushing these types or regulations to those of us who DON'T make millions of dollars to put up with it. It's a vast and slippery slope. AND just because something is legal certainly doesn't make it moral. Heck, even willing participation doesn't make it moral. Many people believed (rightly) that they benefited from Indentured Servitude but we still outlawed it.

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