The Perpetual NBA Thread

[theveed]

you can't make a player (or any employee/applicant) do that according to the law, you'll be discriminating an employee based on health which is illegal. If that pushes through (DNA testing), you'll be setting a precedent for cancer patients, HIV patients, and other long term, inheritable diseases for not getting a job or not being treated fairly by employers.

It'll NEVER happen DNA testing.

If Curry was indeed diagnosed with some sort of an in-born disease that may kill him, what if the symptoms didn't kick in until he retired and what if he performed like an all star from this year till he's 35 or something?

It simply isn't a legal thing to do and will never be allowed without A LOT of court cases to follow.

If that is true, then they should void all contracts of players who have had life threatening injuries or diseases.

What the Bulls (or Knicks) can do is to suspend his contract until he's given a clean bill of health by team doctors to suit up.

Any player can die due to illness, just ask Zo and Sean Elliot with kidney problems, but once the doctor(s) give a go signal and the player himself says yes to it. What right does the league/team have to deny him of employment?

Now if Curry's health is CONFIRMED to be life threatening, then that's another issue altogether.

DNA testing will only prove whether he's had that problem through hereditary means or not. It'll not prove the severity or his lifespan.

The issue here is that Curry doesn't want to take a test HIMSELF to confirm the situation. The league cannot FORCE him to take it as a mandatory test.

Like what the article said, the league can penalize the team for letting him play, but you can't force a player to mandatorily take a DNA test.

[spiff]

yeah but what theyr arguing is that whatever disease he maaayy have would worsen and could be fatal because of basketball...
i agree with you though that if he really wants to play.. let him play.
but make him take the test.

[theveed]

baket si ZO pinapalaro?

kung nangyari yan precedent nga yan by law na pwedeng gawin kahit kanino na may speculation of a life threathening disease.

[spiff]

because he was cleared to play... by some doctors requiring him to take the dna test.. he isnt exactly cleared to play. unless ofcourse its all crap the bulls are making up the low ball him....
u never know.

[ILuvDetailing]

haay... ang hirap maging GM.

[theveed]

he was cleared to play thrice! Di din nya nakayanan ng katawan nya til last season.

[empy]

looks like Stevie has finally gotten over the heartbreak of losing Cuttino. i'm so happy for him



:bwahaha:


(that's Mario Kasun btw)

[baiskee]

nak ng tokwa... bading na bading yung ngisi ni mario.

[ILuvDetailing]

kailan kaya matratrade si Franchise for a pass first PG so that Dwight Howard will break out bigtime

[baiskee]

sana i-noffer mo sa kin si bosh.

oooppsss... wrong thread.

[kimpOy]

lol at franchise...

bai nagpaparinig ka yata...
baka bigay sa iyo si commish

[ILuvDetailing]

bai: di ka kasi nagooffer. gawa lang ng gawa ng proposal, something will eventually be agreed on. :D

[empy]

alam ni bai kung sino gusto ko sa team niya.... :lurk:

[baiskee]

alam ni bai kung sino gusto ko sa team niya.... :lurk:

alam ko na nga...

[ILuvDetailing]

Interesting read about Eddy Curry's situation...

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...rry/index.html

[kimpOy]

eto pala ang ginagawa ni Ron Artest sa Training camp he..he
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6.../artest211.jpg

[empy]

Interesting read about Eddy Curry's situation...

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...rry/index.html

i agree with the writer. it might seem to some that the Bulls are only trying to protect themselves before offering a guaranteed megabucks contract, but there are so many legal, ethical and moral difficulties with this case.

it's a dangerous precedent. for example, i hire operations personnel...what if in the future i were allowed to have people tested for a disposition for alcoholism or depression before making them a job offer? even though they might never have touched a drink or drug in their entire life?

what about insurance companies? from my family history, i am guessing that my dna test would show a predisposition to diabetes, heart disease, athsma, cancer and alzheimer's disease. would anyone ever offer me medical or life insurance for a reasonable rate?

things that make you go hmmm...

[kimpOy]

lady boss

[ssaloon]

[empy]

^ yan na si Jeannie Buss?? no wonder na-convince bumalik si Phil Jackson :hihihi: