Dez Bryant

NFL teams can ask any player they are about to draft or sign whatever question they want. They are investing millions into these guys and to see how they react to a question about their background should not be off limits.

This PC stuff is absurd. Give the guy a tissue and move on.
 
kuhntz said:
NFL teams can ask any player they are about to draft or sign whatever question they want. They are investing millions into these guys and to see how they react to a question about their background should not be off limits.

This PC stuff is absurd. Give the guy a tissue and move on.
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Next time this happens to you in a job interview, let us know how happily you accepted it.
 
Depending on one's perspective, this was a potential civil rights violation for which Bryant could sue the Dolphins. If this was a 'job interview' the potential employer isn't allowed to ask questions that aren't pertinent to the job, especially those about race, background, religion, sexuality, or your parents. I love the Dolphins, but the more I think about this, I think Ireland was out of line with the question. Even if Bryant had answered, "Yes, she was," the question should never have been asked.
(I borrowed this thought process from a Rick Reilly article.)
 
If someone tells me that their dad's a pimp, I'll probably ask them that same question..it's hard not to. That's the natural reaction. I mean, how stupid are you?

If this is an actual interview for a real job, you'd have to fight the natural reaction to say that and simply say, "Thank you for your time, this interview if over. Please leave."
 
it doesn't matter what job you're interviewing for. It's not PC to treat people like people. I mean what was the next question? Did YOU work for your dad too? How many times did you see your mom do crack? Did you partake?

I know people who have come from humble beginnings somewhat similar to Dez, both professionally and personally. It would be unbecoming of me to ever ask them these questions of this nature, in this line of questioning.

Bottom line--if you're a company doing this type of digging in an interview, then ask the questions in a more open-ended way, so you allow the person to answer honestly. You don't have to grill the kid for his parents' choices. You can still assess whether you want to hire him or not, whether it be for $20,000 $200,000 or $20M. the line of questioning is borderline badgering, and isn't as effective as the style I propose.

"Your dad was a pimp? What did your mother do? How would you describe your relationship with your parents? etc.."
 
gohawkz said:
If someone tells me that their dad's a pimp, I'll probably ask them that same question..it's hard not to. That's the natural reaction. I mean, how stupid are you?

If this is an actual interview for a real job, you'd have to fight the natural reaction to say that and simply say, "Thank you for your time, this interview if over. Please leave."
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The thing is, if it is a real interview, for a real job, the subject of Bryant's father's employment should never have come up, unless it was somehow relevant to Bryant's job. However, the NFL isn't exactly a "normal" job, so. . .
 
It's a privilege to play in the NFL and they're exempt from a lot of the things that bind other businesses...that question, no matter how rude, was asked to get a reaction. They wanted to see how a potential first round pick would react because it would let them know if he could handle the even worse crap that gets said between players in the heat of battle on the football field, as well as by the crowd and to see if he would be able to let it slide and do his job to the best of his God given ability...
 
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