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dc wrote:KF10 wrote:
Again, I don't think the Kings can threaten his broadcast job just because for his non-racist/bigotry/discriminatory opinion about Cousins.
Except that they can. They can say that such language negatively affects the perception of their product and hurts their image and potentially their business. They could easily make that argument if they wanted to, but they likely wouldn't even need to do that.
KF10 wrote:dc wrote:KF10 wrote:
Again, I don't think the Kings can threaten his broadcast job just because for his non-racist/bigotry/discriminatory opinion about Cousins.
Except that they can. They can say that such language negatively affects the perception of their product and hurts their image and potentially their business. They could easily make that argument if they wanted to, but they likely wouldn't even need to do that.
Hmm, sounds like a slippery slope to me if that's true.
dockingsched wrote:DeMarcus Cousins unleashes profanities at Bee reporter in latest attempt to control the mediaAt 6 feet, 11 inches, the Sacramento Kings’ DeMarcus Cousins towers over most people, including Sacramento Bee columnist Andy Furillo. Now add to that picture this: Cousins angrily jabbing a finger into Furillo’s face, shouting in a profane and threatening manner, because of a column The Bee published last weekend. Cousins then refused to talk to any reporters in the post-game interview while Furillo was in the room.
Monday was the first time Furillo saw Cousins after the column published. The altercation started with a glare from Cousins, and quickly escalated as the player closed in on Furillo, shouting “We’re going to have some real f---ing issues. Don’t ever mention my brother again.” He continued his profane tirade, as teammate Garrett Temple got between the two and kept his arm around Cousins’ middle, and Kings spokesman Chris Clark motioned to Cousins to stop.“He is a bully, to be sure,” said Bee columnist Ailene Voisin, who has extensive experience covering the NBA, as well as the NFL and MLB. “He bullies everybody. He bullies his coaches, his teammates, team employees, reporters.
“But this is the first time I have heard of him intimidating anyone physically,” she said. “He normally glares, stares and refuses to speak to the cluster of reporters if someone is present that he is annoyed with at that particular time. Or, he will simply refuse to answer a question from an offending reporter.”
If you're a non-union, private sector employee, you can be fired for saying almost anything.KF10 wrote:JonnyFive5 wrote:KF10 wrote:
I've never argued that he wasn't a paid employee for the Kings. That is not my point.
Correct me if I'm wrong but Napear is protected by the First Amendment. The Kings can't simply go to Napear and threaten his broadcast job for something that he can say on his radio show.
That happens on the time. People get fired all the time for **** they say on twitter.
You have to admit -- most who were fired due to Twitter was because of some racist, bigotry, discriminatory stuff. Napear has never said anything of that vile stuff on his radio show about Cousins.
Again, I don't think the Kings can threaten his broadcast job just because for his non-racist/bigotry/discriminatory opinion about Cousins. They may tell him to "tone it down" but to regulate his opinions and speech is something you can't do -- especially on his radio show, imo.
...For private employees, who account for about 85 percent of the work force, the First Amendment’s guarantee offers no protection from being fired for something you’ve said, either in the workplace or outside of it, as on social media. That’s because the amendment addresses actions by the government to impede free speech, not by the private sector.
A handful of states and localities address this issue, among them New York, California, Colorado, North Dakota and the District of Columbia. The broadest-based laws, such as those in California and New York, make it illegal to discriminate on the basis of an employees’ political activity or beliefs in or out of work, Ms. Brantner said, unless such activity interferes with the functioning of the business.
During the 2004 presidential campaign, Lynne Gobbell was fired from her job in Moulton, Ala., because her car had a Kerry/Edwards bumper sticker. Her boss was a strong George W. Bush supporter.
In 2011, Megan Geller, a waitress at an Outback Steakhouse in Illinois, said that she was fired for wearing a brightly colored bracelet with the motto, “Don’t Tread On Me,” which is used by the Tea Party; her mother got her the bracelet at a Tea Party event. Ms. Geller said a couple complained to the manager and she was fired. Outback said it was for other reasons, but the incident prompted a protest in front of the restaurant.
And the next year, Patricia Kunkle filed a lawsuit claiming she had been fired from an Ohio military contracting company for voting for President Obama. The company said she was laid off for economic reasons and the case was settled out of court for an undisclosed amount.
KF10 wrote:Furillo & Voison are known to smearing Cousins' at any time as they can. They've been going at it for a while now.
First time I heard about Cousins not liking Leo Beas (Cowbell Kingdom -- local blog-ish reporter) but I know his material and he is a complete idiot. So, I'm not surprised.
nothing to see here
dorkestra wrote:My eyes tricked me into thinking "Cousins is physically intimidated by the winter"
For Cousins, this is his second late-night outing on the club circuit this year that ended badly. In May, TMZ caught him at The DrYnk in Tampa with his younger brother, Jaleel. The celebrity gossip website reported that he and his brother were trying to get into the club’s DJ area when a confrontation broke out. Jaleel wound up getting shocked with a Taser and arrested while friends hustled DeMarcus out of the place.
http://www.sacbee.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/andy-furillo/article120107843.html#storylink=cpy
I don't understand why that's inappropriate. His brother is a professional basketball player too, albeit D-League.MrBigShot wrote:For Cousins, this is his second late-night outing on the club circuit this year that ended badly. In May, TMZ caught him at The DrYnk in Tampa with his younger brother, Jaleel. The celebrity gossip website reported that he and his brother were trying to get into the club’s DJ area when a confrontation broke out. Jaleel wound up getting shocked with a Taser and arrested while friends hustled DeMarcus out of the place.
http://www.sacbee.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/andy-furillo/article120107843.html#storylink=cpy
Here's some context for anybody that wants it. What business does that reporter have with Cousins' brother? And he even had the audacity to mention him by name. Totally inappropriate, I don't blame Cousins for standing up for his family.
GimmeDat wrote:I'm with DMC on this one. What a rubbish article trying to defend their rubbish coverage of Cousins. I'd be angry if I was him too, and definitely not keen to give answers with him around. He's an IRL troll.
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WhatsaTDot wrote:GimmeDat wrote:I'm with DMC on this one. What a rubbish article trying to defend their rubbish coverage of Cousins. I'd be angry if I was him too, and definitely not keen to give answers with him around. He's an IRL troll.
The difference between not being keen and actually talking to the media is the CBA.
GimmeDat wrote:I'm with DMC on this one. What a rubbish article trying to defend their rubbish coverage of Cousins. I'd be angry if I was him too, and definitely not keen to give answers with him around. He's an IRL troll.
evitcanI wrote:I don't understand why that's inappropriate. His brother is a professional basketball player too, albeit D-League.MrBigShot wrote:For Cousins, this is his second late-night outing on the club circuit this year that ended badly. In May, TMZ caught him at The DrYnk in Tampa with his younger brother, Jaleel. The celebrity gossip website reported that he and his brother were trying to get into the club’s DJ area when a confrontation broke out. Jaleel wound up getting shocked with a Taser and arrested while friends hustled DeMarcus out of the place.
http://www.sacbee.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/andy-furillo/article120107843.html#storylink=cpy
Here's some context for anybody that wants it. What business does that reporter have with Cousins' brother? And he even had the audacity to mention him by name. Totally inappropriate, I don't blame Cousins for standing up for his family.
Nutty Nats Fan wrote:Kristaps6_NYK wrote:This guy has world of talent, but he's a piece of crap pure and simple. Such a disrespectful punk, I hope he stays in Sacremto on a horrible team all of his career
Perhaps the reporter is the one who is a disrespectful punk?
Leave his brother out of it and sounds like there would have been no issues.
Article seems to be a smear on Cousins. A lot of reporters, and their un-named sources, should be put in their place. I'm not saying that is this situation, but if there was a reporter present who I knew wrote BS about me, I'd refuse to speak with him there too. That doesn't make someone a bully.