06-06-2018, 11:42 AM
(06-06-2018, 11:40 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: I've made this point in the past. Willie Gay was fined for wearing purple cleats to raise domestic violence awareness. His mother was murdered in front of him by his father. If you can punish that guy for that gesture then you can easily punish people for protesting, or making any statement not approved by the league, while on the job. Any such policy, executed consistently and fairly (admittedly not a Goodell strong point) will be upheld in court and the players will eventually acknowledge the league's right to this position.
False. The uniform was collective bargained and any changes are spelled out as having a penalty. Creating new working conditions requires collective bargaining and therefor could not be imposed unilaterally.
Side note: there has been discussion that the NFLPA may go after the NFL for the new rule, but they worry they can not win because there is no real punishment to the players. In reality it is the owners punishing the owners if the players violate the rule which would be outside the purview of the NFLPA.
