Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   NFL players misunderstand free speech Date:   10/11/2017 3:32:23 PM

After listening to the outcry from players about how the NFL is trampling on their free speech rights it occurred to me that they have a fundamental misunderstanding of the concept as it relates to the work place.  Simply put, you do not have the right of free speech in the workplace absent any consequences.  As an example, if I had an employee that expressed their view that anyone that is not a conservative should be put in prison we would take that employee aside and tell them they cannot express those opinions in the workplace.  If they persist they would be terminated for cause. If they want to express that opinion outside the workplace they are free to do so but as an employer with an at will employment policy I could still terminate them.

Case law is pretty clear on this issue and these players, being the uneducated, self important morons that they are do not get that.  They do not own the teams.  They do not own the stadiums.  They are employees and if their employer decides to force them to stand during the national anthem and they choose not to do so they can be terminated or they can quit their oppressive employer and try to find someone else willing to pay them millions to play a game.  Period.  End of discussion.