On Friday, the Vikings parted ways with their General Manager, Kwesi Adofo-Mensah. Not an altogether shocking move given the team’s disappointing season and uncertain future outlook.
However, one of the reported factors in the firing has raised some eyebrows.
According to The Athletic’s Diana Russini, Adofo-Mensah ruffled feathers among the NFL’s personnel executives when he took two weeks of paternity leave during training camp after the birth of his first child.
The NFL is a league where it is not only typical but essentially expected for coaches and executives to miss childbirths, graduations, recitals, and any number of what would typically be can’t-miss family events. So, having a general manager take two weeks off – even though he worked remotely – as training camp begins, is
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