That's a swell analogy, but it has literally zilch to do with hall_of_famer's post to me about player comments regarding wanting out of the NBA vs. wanting to be traded to another team.
Sure it does. I'm sorry you're not following along. espn_hall_of_famer attempted to point out the same thing to you that several of us have: the fact that Rudy is criticizing the WHOLE LEAGUE is a potential aggravating factor in whether he got fined or not. It does not follow that it is the ONLY aggravating factor, so you pointing out that Stephen Jackson did not criticize the whole NBA does nothing to disprove that it could have been an aggravating factor. I tried to point out your lack of logic by pointing out that someone can go to jail for one thing or for another, but just because someone does not go to jail for the first thing does not mean a third person ought not to. Ed O.
That's fair. And I'm OK with admitting that if they are going to have penalties based on language in their policies, the least they could do is be consistent and levy large fines when someone asked to be traded to all and not just some. So I have no defense of that other than bad management and inconsistent policing of policies - which is still pretty common in business, but companies are getting better the more people sue them for inequity. To me, I think the example you used for Stephen Jackson is similar to an example of why one employee at a company will be late for work and there is coaching and documentation that management does for that employees. Yet another employee who has no history and is well-like and very productive is late one day, they do nothing and just say "OK". It's inconsistent policing, but still just happens because management is documenting a string of issues with a bad employee as opposed to the other guy they know will never have many issues.
I think we're actually in agreement, just from a different perspective. It would be nice if the NBA/Stern would put out a public statement explaining the Rudy fine. If it is because he wants out of the NBA, and not just to go to a different team, then that should be made public. Related to that, I actually think that whining about wanting to play for a rival NBA team is actually more detrimental to the NBA than saying the NBA isn't a good fit for you, but that's another story.
