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Old 06-18-2012, 05:33 PM   #1
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Jonathan Vilma walks out on bounty appeal, rips Roger Goodell - NFL - Sporting News

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We will not address the substance of the NFL’s case because this is not the proper venue for adjudication, and there has been no semblance of due process afforded to us.

I found this statement funny because they've already gone to the two Special Masters that the NFLPA and NFL agreed to and both Masters said that Goodell was within his right to levy the punishments that he did.

And, since when is there any sort of "due process" beyond the Commish saying "You broke this rule, here is your punishment"?? This isn't a criminal trial or a civil one. It's one that you agreed to via the CBA.
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Old 06-18-2012, 05:37 PM   #2
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This is just playing for the audience. I guess the hearings are all over now. 12 members of the media were invited in to view evidence. Per Peter King who was calling for NFL to release more, it is compelling. Bounty on Favre was up to $35K and interim HC Vitt kicked $5K into that pool. Lots of bounty records were kept on Saints computers...

It's been a tough stretch for the NFLPA. Even Doty doesn't seem interested in engaging in their bs whining anymore...
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That's a good way to earn public respect Vilma, walk out of the hearing you requested. He's coming across as a self entitled whiny knob.
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I don't know about the rest of them, but the narrative that's been proposed in regards to Scott Fujita runs totally contrary to everything I've ever seen of him and his character inside and outside of the NFL. I am very skeptical that the NFL has a strong case against him.

They may not be entitled to "due process" in regards to the CBA but that doesn't make it right; we have due process in our legal system for a reason. Without it you have ht potential for one guy like Goodell to hold a kangaroo court solely for the purposes of mitigating future lawsuits, and then only making certain evidence available.

Of course the evidence presented is "compelling." If prosecutors were able to present only the information that they wanted to to make their case and bury all the rest it would be compelling every time. If our justice system worked that way there wouldn't be a single not guilty defendant.
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That's a good way to earn public respect Vilma, walk out of the hearing you requested. He's coming across as a self entitled whiny knob.
Did you forget what team he started with?

He is a NY Jet still in spirit
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He had to go make dinner for Fred.















(sorry, I will forever think "Flintstones" when I see his name)
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Did you forget what team he started with?

He is a NY Jet still in spirit
That makes the Danny Woodhead exorcism all the more impressive.
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Vilma walked out because he knew he was toast.

Come on! He played for the Jets. It warped his judgment.
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This is just playing for the audience. I guess the hearings are all over now. 12 members of the media were invited in to view evidence. Per Peter King who was calling for NFL to release more, it is compelling. Bounty on Favre was up to $35K and interim HC Vitt kicked $5K into that pool. Lots of bounty records were kept on Saints computers...

It's been a tough stretch for the NFLPA. Even Doty doesn't seem interested in engaging in their bs whining anymore...
Absolutely!

Vilma's walkout means he knows it's over

Game, Set, Match. Goodell.

Some lawyer sold Vilma that he had a case. NOT!
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