10-01-2021, 01:08 PM
(10-01-2021, 09:18 AM)fifteenth Wrote: I had the same thought. If the player is already a bottom third of the roster guy, and was possibly on the bubble anyway, does that make it less likely that a court will entertain that case?
There is no case. As long as all the rules in the CBA about guaranteed money, waivers, etc are followed, a team can cut a guy for basically any reason at all (racial or sexual discrimination being about the only exception). Multiple courts have already upheld vaccine mandates (in alignment with a century of precedent), so while the CBA means they can't fire him and get out of his money, they can certainly waive under CBA rules for being a locker room distraction because of his choices.