Norse culture revolved around pillaging and plundering. It appears as if the Minnesota Vikings have taken the same approach in regards to wide receiver Troy Williamson. Williamson missed last Sunday’s game versus the Chargers and the team decided that it would dock Williamson the game check because of it. A game check worth roughly $25,000.

There are a lot of times when morality comes into question under business circumstances. This is, after all, what head coach Haggard the Horrible Brad Childress referred to the situation as; a decision made on “business principle.” I’ll give you business principle, Childress. Troy Williamson not only was mourning the loss of his grandmother, but also the loss of $25 grand because of it. To me, that is one hell of an insult, especially to a guy who only has nine catches and is handicapped by the ignorance of his head coach’s play calls.

Placing blame on Williamson in the form of one game check because he missed a football game due to a funeral is absurd. I don’t know if I can imagine a scenario where work would come before immediate family issues. Childress did his best backpedal impression by saying that Pat Williams and Reggie Wayne played through family emergencies. That’s fantastic Childress. That doesn’t mean Troy Williamson is a bad person for opting to attend a funeral instead of being overthrown/underthrown by Tavaris Jackson. It also doesn’t mean he should get docked a game check because of it.