How is This Not Good Enough?

Troy Williamson, the third year wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings out of South Carolina, found out that he was going to be fined $25,000 for one of the most bizarre reasons, to me. Williamson's grandmother passed away, and he decided he was going to spend the week with his family. How is that not a good enough reason to be out of play? The Minnesota Vikings' management should be ashamed of themselves! How can you possibly penalize, let alone fine, a player for wanting to spend time with family after a family member passes away? It's ridiculous. His grandmother, being a very important part of the family, passed away. What would the Vikings' management have done if one of their grandmothers' had passed away? On top of staying with his family for the death of his grandmother, he also spent some of the week with his brother, who is in a coma after a car accident. Again, how is that more important than playing football? I mean yes, it is his profession, but if it was any other job, he would have been given time off for personal reasons. When asked of the fine, Williamson said, "I don't care if (the Vikings) would have took my pay for the rest of the year, I was going home. It wouldn't have mattered to me. No matter what (Brad Childress) would have said, if I had to stay up here or not, I would have been at my house (in South Carolina) for that week." The $25,000 fine was his pay for one game, roughly. In my opinion, the Vikings acted unfairly. Do you think it was unfair, even with the reasonable excuse?