Quote:1)  The NFL did not have the right to prevent JB from drinking when he came into the league.  

2)  This clause only became effective after his second violation.  

3)  The NFLPA approves of and supports this policy.

 

It doesn't matter, you should not be able to sign away your rights in exchange for employment. The law ought to protect the workers from such heinous employer overreach. Just wait until the college kids get their unions up and running, all hell is gonna break loose.

 

Quote:As chief said, if you don't like then you don't have to sign the contract. That is entirely in your right.....but if you do sign the contract then you can't get upset about any penalties you may be subjected to if you violate that contract.

 

And we have numerous forbidden business practices that don't even make it into the market anymore. Controlling the out of the office personal time of an employee engaged in a LEGAL activity MUST be off the table, else we are simply wage slaves, beholden those who would subjugate us to their own desires. Or eventually we all end up like the Mozilla CEO, targeted and eliminated in the name of special interests without regard to individual rights.

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