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Troy Williamson Docked Pay For Missing Game For Funeral
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I see where they stand from a business standpoint, but there was just a death in his family. Have a heart man.
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25k to someone who has enough money to own a football team isn't much. I know its still 25k but still, show some sympathy 
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Wow it's a funeral ffs.. cut the man some slack.
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The Vikings Organization is a @#%$ Joke. Period.
I hope everyone that plays for the Vikings peeps that situation and never goes out of their way for them.
Thats the gayest @#%$ Ive ever heard of.
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I think this is one of those times that they could have looked the other way and let it go. The man is obviously dealing with a loss. SMH
If winning isn't everything,why do they keep score?
If winning isn't everything,why do they keep score?
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He didn't play no pay. i understand the death and R.I.P. but at the same time it's business. i wouldn't have taken his whole pay check just a percentage
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he Vikings Organization is a Joke. Period.
I hope everyone that plays for the Vikings peeps that situation and never goes out of their way for them.
Thats the gayest Ive ever heard of.
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- Jul 23, 2007
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Only organizations like the Bengals do @#%$ like that, and now the Vikings.
Good Luck wit your team man.
Its been dudes miss games due to child birth and theyve gotten their money and when the Oilers tried to pull that @#%$ on one of their OL they received hella backlash and caved in and paid dude.
That is a JOKE even in the NFL.
Good Luck wit your team man.
Its been dudes miss games due to child birth and theyve gotten their money and when the Oilers tried to pull that @#%$ on one of their OL they received hella backlash and caved in and paid dude.
That is a JOKE even in the NFL.
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The thing is, it was a combination of his grandmother's death plus his brother having been in the hospital, I feel like you have to be granted some sort of leave, business or not.
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^ What's the leash that players get then for personal things? Is it not a business? Troy left for basically a FULL WEEK. According to the articles here he informed the team about it October 29th. He left shortly after that and then returned to the team for Wednesday's practice (November 7th).
We ALL have different ways of coping with death, but that's not the issue here and Troy knew that from the get-go. He took a full week and the Vikings docked his pay. Again, I dont necesarily say that is what I would do. But I wouldnt say it's a joke, and neither is their business.....especially when u got cats who fly in for funerals and fly out a day later and dont miss their games.
The ironic part tho is Troy probably wouldnt have suited up anyway, so you got me there
We ALL have different ways of coping with death, but that's not the issue here and Troy knew that from the get-go. He took a full week and the Vikings docked his pay. Again, I dont necesarily say that is what I would do. But I wouldnt say it's a joke, and neither is their business.....especially when u got cats who fly in for funerals and fly out a day later and dont miss their games.
The ironic part tho is Troy probably wouldnt have suited up anyway, so you got me there
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The ironic part tho is Troy probably wouldnt have suited up anyway,
rite there tells the whole story.that reassures me that the Vikings are a a garbage organization. a man that they didnt even plan on having activated was grieving. so they found the easy out so they woulnt have to cut him a one week game check. Like if they did pay him, they would be in the red.
Straight garbage. They might as well start makin players pay for their practice jerseys like the bengals
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a game they won...? i'd understand if they lost..
I can say, "I got to see Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Charles Barkley, Wayne Gretzky, Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Barry Sanders, Dan Marino, & LaDainian Tomlinson Play".
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Haha what's your beef? How many jobs you know where you get paid for missing work (minus the whole sick days, holidays, etc.).
I personally think it's a little messed up, but they sat with dude and explained how it would work and dude went anyway. Business.
I personally think it's a little messed up, but they sat with dude and explained how it would work and dude went anyway. Business.
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How many jobs you know where you get paid for missing work (minus the whole sick days, holidays, etc.).
U sure about that?
Alot of Jobs and HR departments have grievance pay.
I run an entire dept and we pay 72 hrs grievance without taking hrs from the employees vacation or sick time.
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SMH at the vikings for this
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That's what the "etc." was for. And I'm not sure how it would work, but I'm pretty sure 1 NFL Game > 3 days out the year...
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If the D Coordinator's wife died and he couldnt make a game because the funeral on Sunday, in your honest assessment, do you think they would withhold his check?
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That's what the "etc." was for
what do you think grievance means?
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And I'm not sure how it would work, but I'm pretty sure 1 NFL Game > 3 days out the year...
yea next time he should fit his grandmother's death into the team's schedule
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"I don't care if they would have [taken] my pay for the rest of the year, I was going home," Williamson told the St. Paul Pioneer Press. "It wouldn't have mattered to me."
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I don't know to be honest, but I would hope they would be consistent across the board.
But what are you suggesting with the question? That they're targeting Troy? Or just the players in general?
But what are you suggesting with the question? That they're targeting Troy? Or just the players in general?
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Gunna what I'm saying is you said your job has a 72 hour grievance right? Well Troy missed 3 days of practice AND a game. So, if he worked with you, he would have been docked pay for the days past 72 hours. And, again, NFL work days don't equal out to regular work days...
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I realize it doesnt equal out. I wzs merely giving you an example of grievance pay because you seemed unfamiliar with the practice.
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serious?
very, When marvin Lewis was hired, he put a stop to it, immediately.
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That's a cold heartless move. It's a business but part of running a good business is not doing stuff to generate bad PR.
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Its a judgement call. Personally, if i have enough money to own a football team, $25,000 aint nothin. But at the same time, what if it was a dude who made $500,000. I think you have to show that you aren't going to let them slide. I dont get paid if I call in sick.
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