Originally Posted by VRGNCD5
Oh god, please don't get me started on the drug rule at work. Let's just say I don't agree with a positive weed test being grounds for termination when you performace is not affected. But back on subject, the dress code is being enforced as a means of cleaning up the image of the league, which unfortunately for the league, will not accomplish that goal for the many reasons I have already stated.
Employers look for certain personal characteristics in their employees, if they are doing drugs why not terminate them. Performance has nothing to do with personal characteristics some employers may see.
Originally Posted by VRGNCD5
Joe Public makes the newspaper everyday for things like that, that's not saying anything. When's the last time you heard of helicopters full of paparazzi hovering over an officers wedding location to try to get an exclusive photo of the wedding party? When's the last time you heard of the media disclosing the gift an officer bought for his wife in his attempt to make peace with her after being named as the defendant in a sexual abuse case that didn't include her? When's the last time you heard of officers being forced to give interviews in the locker room while they're trying to get dressed after a tough day on the job? So yes, peace officers are public figures who's business can make headlines, just as any other citizen in the country. The difference is that NBA players are routinely subject to invasion of privacy. And it's this invasion that allows the media to gain far too much information on these guys and they don't stand a chance in hell of emerging unscathed under such scrutiny, unless you're a Magic Johnson type of guy.
Why get in the limelight if you can't take the heat? Cops don't make millions.
Originally Posted by VRGNCD5
How many examples must be provided which discredit your crackhead theory? Enron, Martha Stewart, Kobe Bryant, George Bush, Ron Artest, Rae Carruth, the list can go on and on. When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.
It's not a theory it's proof, we are talking about IMAGES on how Joe Somebody may view a public figure not personal characters. What you are talking about is the personal characters of people, but if you think about it logically, how are you treated when you walk into a car dealership in shorts and a t-shirt compared to how you are treated walking into the same dealership in a suit. You are viewed differently, not like your character has changed but the assumptions made about your appearance differ.