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Couldn't find a recent relevant thread to the whole ridiculous 'Bountygate' nonsense so i'm posting this here.
Judge in bounty case scrutinizes key factual claim made by NFL | ProFootballTalk
Long story short, it appears as if Roger Goodell has been caught in a lie with regard to the player suspensions, more specifically whether he already determined the level of player discipline by the time the non-players were being suspended.
I don't think i'm alone in being worried about the direction this a-hole is taking the league with his two-faced double speak on player safety - "less practice, more games!!!".
From the offset this felt like another 'Spygate' re-run where Roger was willing to take advantage of the media's love of scandal, and your average fans love of piling on a proven winning franchise.
Where are the facts?
All i've ever heard are suppositions and half-baked claims about who said what into a microphone.
I'm hoping this spells the end of the era of Goodell as Commisioner.
Judge Helen G. Berrigan issued an order today in the bounty cases. Though it contained no ruling, it hinted at a decision she may be thinking about making, specifically as to Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma’s defamation claim against Commissioner Roger Goodell.
“The Court is aware that Goodell stated, during the March 21, 2012 interview with the NFL Network and ESPN, that he would have disciplined the players at the same time as the coaches but for the NFLPA’s indication that they ‘wanted some time to investigate [the allegations] and talk to its own players,’” Judge Berrigan writes in the order, a copy of which was obtained by PFT. “The Court is asking for the specific date on which this request occurred. If the date is already in the record, the parties may simply cite to the relevant document in the record; if it is not, then the parties shall submit the relevant evidence.”
Judge Berrigan apparently is trying to confirm — or debunk — the NFL’s claim that the decision to suspend the players already had been made at the time the league imposed discipline on the non-players. If the NFL hadn’t made the decision to suspend the players on or before March 21, then the statements made on March 21 by Goodell regarding Vilma could be viewed as unnecessary to the disciplinary process and thus not within the confines of Goodell’s job duties and, most importantly, completely beyond the scope of the labor agreement’s arbitration procedures.
Judge in bounty case scrutinizes key factual claim made by NFL | ProFootballTalk
Long story short, it appears as if Roger Goodell has been caught in a lie with regard to the player suspensions, more specifically whether he already determined the level of player discipline by the time the non-players were being suspended.
I don't think i'm alone in being worried about the direction this a-hole is taking the league with his two-faced double speak on player safety - "less practice, more games!!!".
From the offset this felt like another 'Spygate' re-run where Roger was willing to take advantage of the media's love of scandal, and your average fans love of piling on a proven winning franchise.
Where are the facts?
All i've ever heard are suppositions and half-baked claims about who said what into a microphone.
I'm hoping this spells the end of the era of Goodell as Commisioner.