I haven't watched a game this year and won't until they make a course correction on the handling of their "product" (players) and their willingness to sit back and allow their employees to show wanton disrespect for our citizens and country.
Why the nerve of these players, daring to hold a contrary opinion How un-American. String 'em up.
They are welcome to hold contrary opinions (American or un-American) and demonstrate their personal feelings about it on their own time. I certainly wouldn't pay my employees to go out on my company time as representatives of my business and disrespect my paying customers and the nation that enables me to operate in good faith. It's not a good business model.
These folks can go protest and make statements all they want when they're not acting as a representative (employee) of mine. The NFL should grow some balls and get this situation corrected.
Just my two cents.
NOBODY is paid to keep their opinions "on their own time". That's thought control.
Where do you see a "disrespect of paying customers" anyway? Did some athlete get booed and respond by giving the fans the finger? THAT would qualify.
It is *NOT* the job of the NFL ---- or any other employer ---- to micromanage the thoughts inside its employees' heads. It never will be until we achieve total fascism.
Really? So you are against police officers, teachers or other officials, and employees being fired for comments made on social media? Let me ask, are you okay with employees turning down service for military or police officers at restaurants? Do you think the owner of a establishment should have no say in employee behavior (representing their company towards customers) and operation of their business?
Btw (bonus question), are you against "temperament" being used as a benchmark for being fit for public office?
Do you really understand how business (employer/employee) works?
1- yes.
2- no
3- ***IF*** said behaviour actually represents the company ----- as opposed to representing their own views, in other words ***IF*** they express those views as representing the company. You'll notice those are big IFs. You'll also notice they do not apply to the present case at all.
Bonus -- no, of course not. Nor is it relevant here either.
Afterbonus -- I think I do, yes, and more to the point here I think I understand how Liberalism works. It doesn't work by dropping all sorts of extraneous "penalties" any time somebody holds a view you don't like, after you've just assured them free expression. That's ideological fascism. And I already covered this. I take a dim view of this "you vill conform or else ve haf vays" mentality.
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