The Vikings Hate Your Grandma

Oh your grandmother passed away? Wow, she basically raised you and your siblings on her own? We're deeply sorry for your loss. Sure ... we completely understand, go take care of whatever you need to do back in South Carolina. Please be sure to pass along our condolences to the rest of your family. One more thing ... we are docking you $25,588 worth of pay for the time spent away our embarrassment of a franchise and our other-than-ridiculous-rookie-superstar boring 2-5 team. Have a nice trip!

FROM ESPN.COM: The Minnesota Vikings have docked wide receiver Troy Williamson one game check for missing last Sunday's game against the San Diego Chargers to attend the Monday funeral of his maternal grandmother.

Based on his 2007 salary of $435,000, the action by the Vikings will cost the three-year veteran $25,588. Williamson has 45 days to appeal Minnesota's decision to withhold his pay, and NFL Players Association sources said he will do so.

"I don't care if they would have [taken] my pay for the rest of the year, I was going home," Williamson told the St. Paul Pioneer Press. "It wouldn't have mattered to me."

Williamson's agent, David Canter, revealed last week that his client's older brother was injured in an automobile accident in September and that he has been hospitalized in Georgia, where he has been in and out of a coma. He said Williamson, who has been able to spend only a little time visiting his brother, has been battling through the ordeal of "a grieving and healing" process and that his family is his first priority.

Stay classy Minnesota!

UPDATE: After a firestorm of criticism from fans, the media and his players, first-year head coach Brad Childress rescinded his idiotic fine of Williamson saying "In the end, it's not important to be right, but to get it right." That's funny because you were wrong, Brad, from the very beginning.