[CBFF] Fwd: Re: Briggs, you dumb@$$

[Steve Behrens]

On 8/29/07, mactbone <mactbone0 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> OK, what if one of your coworkers accused you of drinking on the job but
> there were no objective facts to back it up (remember, there isn't even a
> witness that can testify about Briggs' sobriety). Would you be summarily
> fired, suspended, what?


 Yes, Chris, if there was anything resembling a 'smoking gun' which backed
up the accuser's contention that I was guilty of whatever I was accused of.
An accusation in itself?  No.  Fleeing the scene of an accident (and a
$400,000 sports car) @ 3:00 AM, that would be called a smoking gun.

The difference between a typical employer and the NFL is that there are no
varying degree of fines levied.  A typical employer will either warn the
employee once or twice, and then it's termination time.  The NFL can't do
that because they know it would bring too much scrutiny on their monopoly
status, so they have to keep giving second, third and fourth chances (IMO).
But I think Goodell might be working to remove a few of those extra
chances...

-Behr