goheels22002

Goodell is afraid he will lose the civil suit for violating Vilma's civil rights. They're both guilty.

ausbacker

It still reads to me that the NFL has the players over a barrel. As other have said they can go through the court system without great certainty or they can accept whatever deals are struck and admit guilt by association.

Goodell is a smart man.

lurker1965

You are missing half of it. Vilma would be admitting guilt, just 8 games worth, not 16 games.

Anyway, irrelevant since it is bogus.

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lurker1965

Although the report is bogus, let's assume the court decides this is a good alternative.

The NFL has "proof" that it tried to take "unreasonable" risk out of the game but the evil players (and union) prevented them therefore this concussion suit should be thrown out because the plaintiff is suing the wrong party.

It may not be legal, but as PR it works.

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ausbacker

The whole thing has been a PR battle from the beginning lurker.

Wolfpack

The players of today complaining about how heavy handed the Commish is will be the plaintiffs of tomorrow complaining about how the league didn't do enough to protect them.

Ive_Killed_People

If Goodell even offered a settlement he would lose all legitimacy. It makes no sense to do this if a lawsuit is the reason why,because this is shoving the door wide open for countless more. It would be unthinkably stupid.

PatsBoy12

Ah, so it seems that Vilma may have been telling the truth after all is said and done. If that's the case, then I'd push for a full reinstatement if I were him. Why stop at eight games if you know the Commish is full of *****.

ausbacker

You can't make this comment in good conscience knowing a settlement offer report has been rejected by NFL.com writers. Whether or not there is a settlement offer, who knows but your comment is an ill advised one.

pherein

Yeah its been quite the circus.
The funny thing is 1/2 the fans want everyone to shut up on the saints and take their medicine. So, when SP does exactly that, because he really has no choice but to if he ever wants to coach again, then he's guilty.
The other 1/2 wants them to fight it, if they are innocent, but when they do, Saints are whiners.
Its just a no win situation.

The best way for this to be handled at this point might be for vilma to turn down all offers of a reduced sentence. We might not have a spot for him on the roster anyway with Lofton and the other 2 LB's we acquired.
I think the confusion that ESPIN is having is that Goodell's NFL attorneys hold him he needs to cut a deal with Vilma. I don't know of any deal that Vilma has been offered yet. They must have just jumped the gun again.

But, if your attorneys turns to you and tells you to cut a deal, it usually means they cant defend your case and win. But your right, this has been nothing but PR vs PR, but I will say this...He started it

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