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Too easy, anyone else want this??????????? 8)NINEster":3jyjvw1n said:loafoftatupu":3jyjvw1n said:As would most jobs TX. I get it though, star player (but is he REALLY that good?) lots of sacks and young. A team that already has that will over look it because they know that even if fans hated Smith for being a criminal that if he plays good and the Niners win nobody will care. Most employers would fire a guy for 3 felony convictions no matter what they are. In addition, most employers would know about the convictions because they would be aware of the investigation (Marvin said that they might not even know) The popo would go out of their way to include the employer just to set the tone for the case.TXHawk":3jyjvw1n said:sc85sis":3jyjvw1n said:Should you be suspended from work if you owned illegal guns? Got a DUI?
There certainly are companies that would--and legally could--suspend or fire an employee for those legal issues. The vast majority of Americans are "at will" employees, meaning we can be fired at any time for nearly any reason (obviously providing the employer doesn't illegally discriminate).
I've got a union job which provides some protections but in my field if I had a rap sheet like Aldon Smith's I would have been escorted from the building by security long ago. But then I don't have much of a swim move.
Some teams would cut a guy like Smith, Pittsburgh probably would, but that stuff doesn't bother me. Its a team choice. What bothers me is that wearing a Niner uniform means automatic reprieve from committing felonies that would ruin the lives of normal people. It isn't about money, the lawyer pled no contest. Any lawyer can tell you to do that. There are guys in prison for less. It is the same system that doesn't charge a guy for using a beer bottle as a weapon.
The Niners know Smith is going to get sissy slapped, that's why Smith is in OTAs. They need their moron offsides machine on the field. No Bowman, what about Cully? Harbafreak doesn't give a crap about being "above reproach" he only cares about what the league imposes on his roster. A new group in the secondary needs that LBing set. One that looks a lot more friendly without Smith and Bowman.
I am excited to see Smith coming into the neutral zone in 2014. This is a guy who did it on the goal line to get the Hawks out of a jam and arguably cost the Niners a real chance at winning the NFCC because he is stupid on 4th and 7. But Harbafreak will stand by his side and trade those sacks for stupidity.
I find it oddly strange that Seahawk fans will debate Aldon Smith's talent level on top of all the legal nonsense going on.
In terms of peak talent, he as is good or better than anybody on the Seahawks defense.
If it was Sherman or Thomas or Chancellor facing similar legal issues, the Seahawk FO will treat the situation no different than the 49ers, maybe even go easier on their star player. Pete and John are supposedly more enlightened and understanding, right?
This whole thing is comical.