Betcha the HR person who made this decision and his boss will not lose any pay if they took a day off for bereavement. The Pistons let Rip slide on two games to see and assist with his son's birth and the Jazz gave D Fisher time off to see about his ill daughter during the playoffs... what this means is that a professional team will allow you time off with pay look after the living, but not the dearly departed??
Or is this an NFL thing because of limited number of games??? Or is it a Vikings thing??