Dock a player pay for a Funeral?

Minnesota Viking's Wide Receiver Troy Williamson recently had a death in the family. His maternal Grandmother died earlier last week in the hospital so naturally, Williamson left the team to attend the funeral on Monday which caused him to miss the team's game vs. the San Diego Chargers on that Sunday. Maternal Grandmother doesn't sound like that big of a deal but Troy Williamson would be the first person to let you know that that statement is not true. He was very close to his Maternal Grandmother. In fact, she helped raise him in his home state of South Carolina. I'm sure many of you are thinking that he should have just played in the game Sunday then just flew home to be there on Monday but he had to make travel arrangements for himself and many of his siblings who are currently in the Armed Forces. But the most surprising part of this story is that the Viking's Organization decided to dock him pay for that game so he lost $25,588. (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3100835) This is absolutely ridiculous. Do teams and organizations have any heart anymore? If it was a regular job and this happened, the worker would not have been docked any pay at all. Most employers would have sympathy with the situation and would understand that it was a tough loss for them. But I guess the Minnesota Vikings think otherwise. They know first hand how death can affect players with the Korey Stringer incident that occurred a few years ago so if any team would have sympathy for Williamson's situation, I would think that it would be the Vikings but I guess not.

Stringer Still Angry

C. Vivian Stringer is widely known as the head basketball coach of the University of Rutgers Women's basketball team. Most know her not from leading her team to the Final Four last year and a Big East Title, but for the situation with Don Imus and him calling her players a bunch of "nappy-headed hoes." 7 months after these comments were made, she is still very angry at Don Imus. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncw/news/story?id=3091087 Why is she still angry? Does she have the ability to forgive? But don't misread me. I do not condone what Don Imus said about her players at all. It was wrong, racist and worst of all, said on a national radio broadcast. But what I am getting at is that she should forgive the man. He messed up and he realized it. He came out with a public apology to the Rutgers Women's Basketball team and even after that he was fired from his broadcasting job. I would say after all of that, that Imus has learned his lesson. But no, Stringer can't give forgiveness which I think she should do. She has even used this situation to give her opinion on other subjects. She openly criticized Isaiah Thomas after his sexual harassment case. Why can't athletes and coaches just mind their own business and stay concentrated to their own job? What is Stringer now the African American Female Advocate of Sports now? I could see why she was angry about the Imus comments but after he apologized and was fired, at least give him the decency of forgiveness since it seems that he has learned his lesson.