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SHANAHAN SAYS HENRY PASSED LIE DETECTOR TEST
Broncos coach Mike Shanahan, continuing his foray into potential violations of federal law, announced on Monday that running back Travis Henry passed a lie detector test regarding the question of whether he smoked marijuana.
Henry also provided hair samples that were negative.
"If the tests were positive, Travis would not be on our football team right now," Shanahan said. "When he went back and took the hair sample and that was negative; the lie detector test and that was negative; we'll let due process take care of itself."
These other tests don't matter, since NFL rules and procedure require discipline based on a positive urine test. Period.
This is the second time in less than a year that Shanahan has suggested that he uses polygraph testing in a manner that possibly violates federal law. Generally speaking, employers can't condition future employment on passing a lie-detector test.
And where's the union on this one? Shanahan is invading the privacy of his players. Though there will be no economic harm until someone flunks a lie-detector test and is cut, it's still wrong -- and the NFLPA should move now to get a ruling that such conduct violates the CBA.
Meanwhile, we're shocked that the league is allowing this situation to continue. There's a specific system in place for disciplining players who run afoul of the substance abuse policy. Shanahan is undermining that process by declaring that Henry is clean at a time when the league's procedures indicate otherwise.
UPDATE: A reader makes a great observation -- "Can you imagine what the reaction would have been if Bill Belichick had given Rodney Harrison a lie-detector test?"
Broncos coach Mike Shanahan, continuing his foray into potential violations of federal law, announced on Monday that running back Travis Henry passed a lie detector test regarding the question of whether he smoked marijuana.
Henry also provided hair samples that were negative.
"If the tests were positive, Travis would not be on our football team right now," Shanahan said. "When he went back and took the hair sample and that was negative; the lie detector test and that was negative; we'll let due process take care of itself."
These other tests don't matter, since NFL rules and procedure require discipline based on a positive urine test. Period.
This is the second time in less than a year that Shanahan has suggested that he uses polygraph testing in a manner that possibly violates federal law. Generally speaking, employers can't condition future employment on passing a lie-detector test.
And where's the union on this one? Shanahan is invading the privacy of his players. Though there will be no economic harm until someone flunks a lie-detector test and is cut, it's still wrong -- and the NFLPA should move now to get a ruling that such conduct violates the CBA.
Meanwhile, we're shocked that the league is allowing this situation to continue. There's a specific system in place for disciplining players who run afoul of the substance abuse policy. Shanahan is undermining that process by declaring that Henry is clean at a time when the league's procedures indicate otherwise.
UPDATE: A reader makes a great observation -- "Can you imagine what the reaction would have been if Bill Belichick had given Rodney Harrison a lie-detector test?"
Owner of both, would love Henry to get suspended for my fantasy team's sake.As to the matter at hand, Henry sure is pulling out all the stops to avoid this suspension; I'd like to think he's innocent, but if yor're on your third strike it's hard to believe.
