Vilma's attorney: 10k "bounty" did not exist, did not happen

hmmm

Well, I'm sold, because attorneys always tell the truth.

This shite is so strange.
Goodell laid it all out like he had this amazing amount of evidence and kicked arse and took names with punishment. Now we are hearing lots of push back from different people involved.

I wonder if just hearing that Greg Williams tape was enough to piss Goodell off and get him to go nuts on the punishment.

Ok, so if it didn't exist then what happens with the higher authorities (Vitt, Loomis, Payton)?

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what happens with the higher authorities (Vitt, Loomis, Payton)?

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They were punished for lying about and refusing to stop a possibly nonexistent program. Their penalties stay regardless of what happens to the players who are exonerated after being penalized for possibly participating in a program that may our may not have ever existed

I see the NFL's defense like this:

The Saints paid players $500 for a sack.

"You see! They were targeting players! Bounty!"

Lawyers rule...

















Really they do!

But if proven innocent, then it shows they were actually telling the truth when they denied the program actually took place the way it was described. What if they somehow prove that the "pay to injure" part of this never existed? IF this happens you can bet on some serious shite to go down. I know the suspensions won't be dropped, but it would definitely piss me off if this was exaggerated to such a higher degree like this.

That's a damn strong interview. No way a savvy lawyer like Ginsberg is going to go out on a limb with assertions of Vilma's innocence (regarding the $10k and pay to injure) unless he's certain that what he said is true. That means he's talked not only to Vilma at length, but to others involved in the situation and conducted his own investigation using his own investigators. Chances are he pretty much knows what really happened and how it got to this point--in fact he says as much.

Strategically it's also a smart move because now he puts more pressure to Rog to have to show the evidence, which is what the players have been clamoring for in the first place. If Rog does not, it makes it appear appear that Rog, in fact, must not have any real evidence and that what Ginsberg is saying is true.

At the very least, Vilma can salvage at least some of his rep in the public eye and Goodell will be damaged goods going forward. Best case is getting a drastic reduction/elimination of the suspension. At this point, I just don't see anything that Vilma did to warrant being singled out for discipline whatsoever.

Typical lawyer talk