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The Official NBA Season Thread: USA vs Serbia at 11:15 ET on NBC/Peacock | Durant Cleared for Action
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Yassss we gonna get Usman Garuba and Dwight. Amazing news for Dubs.
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NBA PR not getting a break. Fire him though.
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Naw don’t fire him,suspend & fine him and send him to drug & alcohol rehab.
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Yeah, if this is his first DUI and nobody got hurt, I think firing would be extreme.
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Don't tell me Kyrie got a better handle
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We're giving passes for DUIs? In 2023 when you can opt not to drive via three clicks of your phone? When the guy is rich?
Don't teams have on call drivers for players and execs too?
Don't teams have on call drivers for players and execs too?
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I don’t think suspending, fining him, and sending him to AA is giving a pass.
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If you can afford a drink you can afford a cab, fire his punk ***
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None of those things are real consequences imo. His life will not change via any of the above.
So how does he learn anything? The two days of admonishment he'll get before everyone forgets? Take his job. Then he'll learn something.
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I know drinking and driving laws vary by state so I will wait for more details before commenting on the appropriate course of action but as a few have said, if this is his first incident then a fine, suspension and rehabilitation program should be sufficient.
I am also not sure if front office executives are being held to a higher standard but professional athletes aren’t usually getting cut for DUIs. Same in the corporate world tbh.
I am also not sure if front office executives are being held to a higher standard but professional athletes aren’t usually getting cut for DUIs. Same in the corporate world tbh.
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I truly didn't know that people viewed DUIs through the lense of "first event" and that being a justification for leniency. The more you know.
Also on the chance that someone ITT has had a DUI, I am not really trying to call you out.
Also on the chance that someone ITT has had a DUI, I am not really trying to call you out.
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You can get a DUI for sleeping in your car drunk. I'll probably wait for more details
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Doesn't the car have to be on for this? That's what I recall.
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I am not really being lenient towards him or folks in that situation in general - **** him and them. However, I don’t make the rules or standards in society and for a first offense with no harm and no documented substance abuse problem(s) then fine + suspension + rehab + apology is par for the course for an *executive in America.
*or high profile figure.
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Nah you just have to be in the driver's seat. My cousin got stuck for this. You can get a job like Altman with a dui already on your record so firing him doesn't seem right depending on how bad it was
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Learn something every day.
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The legal system is harsher on repeat offenders. People with multiple DUIs are the ones that end up having to breathe into a tube clean to start their cars. The details of the incident also matter for the criminal process. What was the BAC level? Was the person cooperative when stopped? Was anyone else involved. The milder the situation, the lower the fines and probation conditions.
But with any DUI, in addition to whatever law enforcement remedy is imposed, the person usually gets their drivers license suspended for at least six months and their insurance rates go up. There are plenty of consequences that come with independent of whatever one’s place of employment chooses to do about it.
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I think states and companies should be tougher on DUIs. Easily one of the most avoidable things anyone could do.
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It would never be that tough cuz DUI’s are one of those things that can touch anybody in society, so the laws will lean more on the lenient side just in case a high profile person gets jammed up
Any laws that can effect the rich/ppl in charge are softer and have wild loopholes
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