Volkmans Obama Comments land him in trouble AGAIN

Originally Posted by Vizion

...because being a public figure like he is should somehow entitle them to have a say in what they can tell him to do outside his work?

Exactly HOW does what he said affect his performance, or the kids he is coaching?

they must view it as reflecting badly on their school....good enough for me.

[Vizion]

Originally Posted by bradwright

they must view it as reflecting badly on their school....good enough for me.

Well that's just a bias on their part isn't it?

He did not violate the law and what he did was on his own time.

Originally Posted by bradwright

this isn't about freedom of speech...its about a guy that was warned by his employer not to say certain things in his interviews with the press.

he chose to ignore his employer and say what ever he wanted...

except in this case his employer happens to be financed by the federal government... the very institution whose sole purpose is to defend the rights of the individual. irony.

[F34R]

Originally Posted by rearnakedchoke

please ... he works with children and he is talking about causing bodily harm to someone .. forget that he is a fighter, forget that he is talking about obama ... a lot of bosses may discipline an employee if they are threatening with inflicting injury on anyone ... given the fact that he also broke the explicit rules that were given to him and that he works as a mentor and trainer to children, i feel the suspension or whatever from his job is more then justified

Does matter if he works with children or not. Don't pull the "he agreed to the rules" because that isn't what your comment addressed at all; which in turn my reply wasn't about.

On the topic of the rules, if he agreed to them, and broke them, then sure... disciplinary action could be justified.

[Neezar]

It said that he violated rule #1. Did I miss the name-calling?

[Vizion]

Who among you would agree that if he had said the same thing about President Bush this somehow...someway...coincidentally not be an issue for the school?

[flo]

Originally Posted by Vizion

Who among you would agree that if he had said the same thing about President Bush this somehow...someway...coincidentally not be an issue for the school?

They'd probably name the gym after him.

[Neezar]

Originally Posted by flo

They'd probably name the gym after him.

Originally Posted by F34R

Does matter if he works with children or not. Don't pull the "he agreed to the rules" because that isn't what your comment addressed at all; which in turn my reply wasn't about.

On the topic of the rules, if he agreed to them, and broke them, then sure... disciplinary action could be justified.

what did my comment address then?

[Neezar]

Upon his return to the high school, Volkmann was given a three-page letter explaining why he was punished. He was also forced to agree to not break four rules in the future. Those rules are as follows:

1. No disrespectful name-calling in interviews (ie. idiot, moron, etc.)

2. Can’t wear White Bear Lake HS clothes while being interviewed.

3. No interviews on school property.

4. No calls for violence against any member of the school board.

Regardless of how you feel about those rules, those are the rules that Volkmann agreed to. He clearly violated that first rule with his recent comments, and is now being punished for it. That doesn’t exactly sound unethical; it sounds like how rules work.

Originally Posted by rearnakedchoke

please ... he works with children and he is talking about causing bodily harm to someone .. forget that he is a fighter, forget that he is talking about obama ... a lot of bosses may discipline an employee if they are threatening with inflicting injury on anyone ... given the fact that he also broke the explicit rules that were given to him and that he works as a mentor and trainer to children, i feel the suspension or whatever from his job is more then justified

Someone please tell me which rule he broke? I admit that I skimmed over a few posts. Help a girl out here.