BrainDed posted:Henry posted:BrainDed posted:Whether or not it should be legal or not is irrelevant. This coming from someone who strongly supports legalized recreational use.
His job description says no smoking weed on or off the clock. If you can't adhere to that rule when millions are on the line, agree or not, you are a dumb ass.
I live in NV, I could go buy recreational right now and I would love to. My job has a no drug use policy though. If I fell down the stairs or if my parked company car got dinged, those bastards are going to drug test me. I don't smoke and trust me when I say I don't make millions.
Here's the thing, if Congress can threatened MLB with an anti-trust suit, they can do the same to the NFL so let's stop comparing it to everyone else's jobs. As much as Goodell is ruining this sport it's still a past time as well.
Yes, players can choose not to play in the NFL but that's pretty ****ing stupid with that amount of talent and again, we're not comparing to your job because there is no comparison. If you can make it the NFL you don't go play in the CFL. If it's so bad then they'll play themselves out of the league. Sounds like Capitalism to me.
Just like we know a lot of NFL players are juicing or using a truckload of pain killers this kind of **** is for show only for fans who clutch their pearls about having the world view challenged. Especially with weed.
Well over half of NFL players smoke weed. I'm sure there's a lot of recreational fun but if it's for pain or taking stress of a high pressure job in a monopoly these suspensions are beyond Kabuki.
Yeah, I do agree driving that stoned is uncalled for. So if the NFL tagged him for driving and weedin', fine, but as Officer Friendly said, it's not a crime.
I disagree with the premise that it can't be compared to other jobs. At the root, it's a job just like any other.
They are free to pursue other sources of income if they don't want to adhere to the employers policies. As long as those policies don't restrict their constitutional rights or violate any current labor laws, that is capitalism.
And the U.S. government is free to pursue anti-trust laws against the NFL and win easily but they don't. Why? Because it's a unique past time just like the players are unique talents playing within a unique league. If the NFL is so like everyone else's job why isn't Bob in the next cubical getting recruited out of high school, through college into the pros with endless, mostly illegal perks thrown in because he's such a ****ing great accountant? The NFL's ever rising hypocrisy is a ****ing joke especially over ****ing weed and being scared of some guys taking a ****ing seat.
Guess what, none of that is Capitalism.