Jamalisms Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 http://m.nfl.com/news/09000d5d828577ff/saints-lb-vilma-bracing-for-two-to-eightgame-suspension/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMJ Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Thank god we stayed away from NO FAs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justafan Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 They are really hammering the Saints. I've never seen one organization punished so harshly that I can remember. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwood Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 They are really hammering the Saints. I've never seen one organization punished so harshly that I can remember. They've never caught any other team implementing a bounty system, either. I'm not saying it hasn't happened, but never has come to light. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
japan Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 They've never caught any other team implementing a bounty system, either. I'm not saying it hasn't happened, but never has come to light. They did find a team that was actively cheating one time and did nothing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtenn Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 They've never caught any other team implementing a bounty system, either. I'm not saying it hasn't happened, but never has come to light. I guess the Eagles in the 1990s under Buddy Ryan doesn't count since there were different Commissioners? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMJ Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Wtf is Goodell gonna do? Suspend every defensive player on the Saints. I mean, they all probably had to participate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titanjuicy Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 I don't get the whole bounty thing. Football used to be a man sport. The version we see today is straight up pansy. Baseball pitchers are instructed by their managers to hit a batter and it results in very little. Hockey coaches send the enforcer out to destroy someone, start fights, ect......very little is done. Tie Domi would have been perfect with Williams. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtenn Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 There will be some suspensions meted out arbitrarily, with no basis in logic. Probably players that have opened their mouths about the situation will be punished. This happens to Goodell often, where he talks so toughly, he is left to hand down tough justice of some sort, even if it is unreasonable and capricious. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamalisms Posted April 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 1,000+ retirees are suing the NFL over injuries. The answer to why Goodell (a lawyer) is addressing this is fairly simple... it looks good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titansurf32 Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 If Goodell did anything short of what he is doing now he would lose all legitimacy and respect from the players union. He has meticulously gone after individual players with severe fines and suspensions over player safety and unprofessional conduct issues. The Saints basically took the cake for both while adding the deadly duo of premeditation and institutionalization. To be so severe with players in the name of safety and professionalism and then come off looking lax with GMs and coaches would be his undoing. He painted himself into a corner with the precedents he set and the Saints gave him no choice but to bring down the wrath of Godell. They should consider themselves lucky to be aloud to field a team this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamalisms Posted May 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 He was right... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMJ Posted May 2, 2012 Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 LOL Vilma was probably the UnderBoss of the program. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justafan Posted May 2, 2012 Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 Saints may be very bad this year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
titansfan Posted May 2, 2012 Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 One year is a tad bit heavy in my opinion... There is obviously some information that the commissioner has yet to release for him to levy such a fine.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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