Michael82
02-09-2004, 11:16 AM
Why shouldn't a 19-year-old be allowed to be an airline pilot--how dare the airlines keep 19-year-olds out of the cockpit? Numerous professions require minimum age, possession of degrees or minimum years of training experience for entry. Judges don't order airlines to allow 19-year-olds at the controls, even though age and experience rules clearly place restraints on the bargaining power of 19-year-old aspiring pilots. But then--judges fly on planes, so they don't want them to crash. Federal judge Shira Scheindlin, who yesterday ordered the NFL draft open to anyone regardless of age, knows that if the NFL crashes that won't affect her.
Scheindlin's poorly reasoned order will be appealed, but if it somehow ends up standing, she will accomplish a trifecta: she'll harm pro football, she'll harm college football, and she'll screw over huge numbers of young athletes, most of them African American. Quite a day's work!
CLICK HERE and scroll down to 02.06.04 for the rest of the article (http://www.tnr.com/easterbrook.mhtml)
Scheindlin's poorly reasoned order will be appealed, but if it somehow ends up standing, she will accomplish a trifecta: she'll harm pro football, she'll harm college football, and she'll screw over huge numbers of young athletes, most of them African American. Quite a day's work!
CLICK HERE and scroll down to 02.06.04 for the rest of the article (http://www.tnr.com/easterbrook.mhtml)