Scott Pioli proposes NFL teams give employees Election Day off
As the NFL works to be a force for good and aid its players in their fight against social injustice and racial inequality in the United States, one area of focus is voting and the upcoming election in November.
A recent NFL Network roundtable delved into the issue of what the league and its players can do to bolster voting and voting rights in 2020. Network analyst Scott Pioli, former general manager of the Chiefs and a longtime league executive, called on all 32 teams to make this upcoming Election Day (Tuesday, Nov. 3) a paid day off for non-essential employees.
"I have this idea that I'd love to see NFL teams and their coaches mobilize their players and their non-essential employees on Tuesdays to put them out there," Pioli said. "To help as volunteers, to work the polls to volunteer at the polls to be a physical presence to bring people in."
Pioli added: "I see this as an opportunity for the NFL in a very, very critical year to step up, move forward and give us your time, give us your treasure, give us your talent, give us your human resources. Work on using facilities that you have whether its your indoor facility as a voting station. Work in conjunction with NBA teams, or MLB teams to use the facilities within your city. We've got all these facilities that are publicly funded that our teams use year-in and year-out; let's serve the public. Serve your local public. … Let's find a way to help people to get across cities and into areas to use public transportation, pay for public transportation to get people to the polls. And the most important things that, as I've talked to a number of secretaries of states throughout this country, is we need places to vote and we need people to help us. Let's find a way to pull our resources together and again make Tuesday, Election Day, a day that you give your employees a day off -- a paid day -- if they don't need to be in the office. … Find all the people that aren't necessary to be used to go out and help us with this election. Use every resource that you possibly have. Find all the people that aren't necessary to be used to go out and help us with this election. Use every resource that you possibly have. I think that's one big way that teams can help."
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for some period of time to atone, but ... Scott Pioli is most definitely changing my perspective the past few days ...
At this rate John Elway might actually do something decent.
Pfft ...
