pherein
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Yeah, I know, I read Duncan to at NOLA NFL is not a court of law.There doesn't have to be evidence of anyone being paid for injuring someone or even anyone injured. You just don't get it. And LOL at what it would take you to participate in a bounty program. Would those assurances need to be in writing...:bricks:
There is plenty of evidence the bounty aspect of the pay for play existed. The way it works is similar to the way it works in civil matters as opposed to criminal matters. Preponderance of evidence as opposed to beyond a reasonable doubt. Meanwhile guys like yourself and Tyrone seem to be arguing for jury nullification...
Pay for play. I think yes, I can't even say that for certain. To me they admitted to it. So thats a closed chapter. Pay to injure no. No one has ever admitted to that. I don't see it as a real possibility , but yes ID love to see this go to court. Their is no preponderance of evidence that a pay to injure program was in place in NO, so far.
So far Goodell's legal team has carried the day, fwiw. In fact as usual the only winners in all of this are the lawyers, including Florio - who is driving his own sites ratings by championing as many overwrought tin foil theories as he can. Media frames these debates, and in this case and in this twitter age, they have done their damndest to make it the kind of soap opera drama that grabs and spins audiences through an entire off season. Kind of like what they did throughout the lockout...which at the end of the day turned out just about the way rational observers always predicted it would.
The NFL has had this story plastered on their site, leaked information, and talked about it constantly on the NFL channel. They are just as much to blame for keeping this alive. I don't even think this story would have gain this much ground if so much of what they are releasing as evidence was found to be misrepresented, disputed, and/or flawed later. Its pretty incompetent to do so.
They should have just released nothing but blanket statements, and said this is in the past now. They were never required to explain themselves to anyone. But, the building controversy is really their own fault.
Lawyers are making bundle on this one.
well we never professed to be as smart as Kraft and BB So, I hope you don't mind if we just don't decide to lay down on this one. Its really not our style anyway.And Kraft and Belichick weren't gagged, just accountable and smart enough to know that winning wars is more important than flailing around fighting unwinnable individual battles.
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