I don’t think I’d say there’s “zero proof.” There’s some circumstantial evidence regarding those two Patriots’ employees. But that’s honestly irrelevant to me as to whether or not Brady should be punished. The question for me, at this point, isn’t whether or not the balls were deflated at all, but whether or not a…

Yeah, true. But even that is BS because Wells never said anything about needing a cell phone in his report. In fact, Wells said Brady cooperated fully with the investigation! Like you said, they didn’t need Brady’s cell phone, the league just needed something to stick and already had precedent after fining Favre for…

Roger Goodell and his 31 bosses not named Kraft*

Well, no. I’m a Jags fan, which means I’m required to hate pretty much every other team in the AFC not named the Browns. Being “generally aware” is literally for what Brady was punished.

Which is why it’s such a BS penalty. You can now be punished just for being generally aware somebody else might have broken a rule, even more harshly than if you had broken the rule yourself. This is ridiculous.

I wish I could give this more than +1.

I’d love if the mother’s side had also been told here. Maybe I missed it, but this is a pretty one-sided take. The judge didn’t come up with this custody arrangement on her own, the mother must have requested it. In which case, the mother may have had a good reason why limiting competitive golf was in the daughter’s…

Maybe I missed it, but where did he stereotype all white people? I don’t have a chance to listen to the audio right now but the transcript looks like he just said many white people dislike analytics just like many black people do because it has little, if anything, to do with race.

Wait, how does the law work again?

As a Jags’ fan...this hurts.

That’s awesome lolol. I don’t personally think weed should count as a PED, but pretty sure that WADA thinks it is.

I believe pot is incredibly beneficial, regardless of your job. Hell, we’re still finding out more and more about its benefits everyday. But I don’t think that pot’s benefits means we should also ignore that it can be harmful in certain situations.

http://jat.oxfordjournals.org/content/35/9/6…

Obviously, like all studies involving marijuana, take this with a grain of salt. But this is a good overview of studies done. You can also check out http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ to find other/competing studies.

I don’t know what kind of standard you’re looking for here, but there’s plenty of evidence that pot affects motor skills.

Yes, that is a pretty distasteful analogy, as are most analogies to slavery. Drug testing is not a violation of basic human rights (except in certain contexts, re: drug testing welfare recipients, which is abhorrent). We can agree to disagree, but I don’t think drug testing is an unreasonable requirement in most jobs.…

I don’t think we’re on the same page here with my previous comment. I was just noting that the NFL’s punishment for alcohol abuse (like getting a DUI) is comparable to illegally smoking weed because of our discussion above comparing the two. I was not attempting to make a generalized statement about monitoring illegal…

Perhaps it is archaic thinking, but punishing someone for failing a drug test is simply an ex ante determination that continued use of the drug may affect job performance. And while it may be uncouth, employers fire people all the time for things that have nothing to do with on-the-job work.

I agree that alcohol has that same effect. And while I wish companies would do more than just fire people if they have an alcohol problem, companies obviously discipline people when alcohol affects their job performance. Drug testing is simply an ex ante determination compared to alcohol.

Except the very act of smoking weed is still currently against federal law. Are you saying you would rather a substance abuse program for their first violation? That’s cool with me.

Because weed, legal or not, can affect your job performance even if you aren’t smoking on the job. Outside of the government unconstitutionally drug testing its employees, I see a reasonable purpose for an employer to drug test its employees.