rlkats
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Popeyejones":1ns51wke said:rlkats":1ns51wke said:Agreed. If it was any normal person without the big name or cool job, we would have already been locked up and the key thrown away. He is a football player. Guess what there is NOTHING special about him or any other athlete. It irritates the crap out of me that these guys are not held to the same standard as other Americans. To all the people that say, lets see what happens in the case first and see how that comes out. Your part of the issue. Really how much time would you be allowed to leave work for the same case he has without being replaced? How many jobs out there hand out 1 year or more suspensions then get to come back? Bottom line cut him and let him work his issues out. If he has been cleared of the charges of Domestic Violence, Illegal Weapons, and Drug Possession then fine he will be picked up and "get a job". Last time I checked that's how the world works for ordinary people why not superstar athletes?
To be clear, absolutely NONE OF THIS is a defense of Foster or the 9ers (not at all, I'm the one who bumped the thread saying they should cut him), but your argument on this and special treatment is straight up nonsense.
1) The legal system moves slowly for everybody. Was it someone here who said the 6th amendment is far and away the most violated constitutional amendment in the U.S.? If so, that's absolutely true.
2) That "regular people" are regularly losing their jobs due to DV charges is just nonsense. You seriously think employers are checking their employees against arrest records every month? Unless you're serving jail time or are a public employee chances are your employer isn't ever even gonna know you're knocking your girlfriend or wife around in your off hours, and aren't ever gonna know because unlike NFL players it's never gonna get reported on in the newspaper.
3) NFL players have a lower rate of domestic violence than the general population, which is about 10%. I mean dude, the domestic violence rate for police officers is 25% on the low end and above 40% on the high end. As public employees the two crimes that police officers are least likely to lose their jobs over are driving drunk and beating their intimate partners. Also how about cutting him for the plain reason of saying the we don't agree nor support his actions?
If you're concerned about the world working the same way for DV for "ordinary people" and everyone else, you're pissed off about cops, not NFL players.
#1 Hahaha no it doesn't move at the slow pace for everyone. Nice try. MONEY SLOWS it down bottom line. If you have the same case with a PD because no money, lets see how you do compared to having a high powered lawyer like he has.
#2 Really? You cant be that ignorant in your thought process that missed time from work due to legal actions doesn't = Losing your job. That's what i'm speaking of.
#3 I was speaking to the issue at hand. THE ATHLETES. But by all means if you want to make an argument about Police go ahead. I'm not going there as to it will bring up a slew of issues.
The bottom line he was locked up (released) and accused, he is missing time starting Monday, he and all athletes are roll models for children all over the U.S. That's why cutting or releasing him sets a better tone. That's the line I was getting to. But by all means get to the point where you think the system is the same for all man kind. It differs for all people. Money, class, race, who you know and what you job is.