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re: NFL in settlement talks with suspended players
Posted on 8/5/12 at 11:40 pm to Bowe Knows
Posted on 8/5/12 at 11:40 pm to Bowe Knows
If I'm vilma, I take a reduced suspension........if they reduce Payton, Vitt, and looms.
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Posted on 8/5/12 at 11:41 pm to wope
Wow,I love rumors!
Posted on 8/5/12 at 11:41 pm to Bowe Knows
shite, just after the little bit I saw of lofton tonight, the thought of him AND vilma on the same LB core makes me very excited
Posted on 8/5/12 at 11:41 pm to motorbreath
Get EM JV!!!!!!!!!
no fricking mercy
no fricking mercy
Posted on 8/5/12 at 11:42 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
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Wow,I love rumors!
been confirmed. he has to work in paytons suspension, imo if he plans on taking any sort of reduction.
Posted on 8/5/12 at 11:42 pm to purplepylon
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Look at the precedent this is setting. Now anytime a player is suspended they can go file a civil suit against Roger and get it reduced. That is what the NFL is risking by offering this deal.
I've been thinking about this, too.
It's hard to understand what the NFL's thought process is here.
Posted on 8/5/12 at 11:43 pm to Bowe Knows
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Payton and Loomis are not part of the legal proceedings that are currently active in federal court. A source speculated that if the federal judge rules in favor of the players then Benson could push for Goodell to consider a reduction in Payton's suspension. A team source downplayed that scenario.
This is what I've been waiting for!!!
Posted on 8/5/12 at 11:44 pm to Bowe Knows
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Werder says Vilma "likes his position" and isn't agreeing to any deal yet.
This is exciting stuff. I'm fricking pumped.
Posted on 8/5/12 at 11:45 pm to LakeViewLSU
I wanna be an extra in the movie.
Posted on 8/5/12 at 11:48 pm to Hoodoo Man
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It's hard to understand what the NFL's thought process is here.
At the end of the day, I don't think the NFL truly cares about the player suspensions. They'd reduce the suspensions in order to avoid the lawsuits and scrutiny it would bring. In their eyes as long as they keep Payton suspended for a year, they can stand on their pedestal and say they punished those responsible. Payton will be the one everyone remembers from this whole deal years from now. Vilma will be forgotten.
Posted on 8/5/12 at 11:50 pm to hombreman9
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Payton and Loomis are not part of the legal proceedings that are currently active in federal court. A source speculated that if the federal judge rules in favor of the players then Benson could push for Goodell to consider a reduction in Payton's suspension. A team source downplayed that scenario.
so early in the year and already my 3rd breeser
Posted on 8/5/12 at 11:52 pm to TigerBait1127
It just moved. 
Posted on 8/5/12 at 11:52 pm to hombreman9
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While sources said league attorneys have urged Goodell to offer reductions in the suspensions as a settlement, a league official reiterated Goodell's position that if the players had participated fully in the appeals process, the commissioner may have reduced the penalties as he has with other players who have been disciplined in other cases.
This is dumb and why it's retarded to have the same person that dishes out the punishment also be the same person that hears the appeals. Why issue a punishment if you would later reduce it with an appeal? Dumb shite.
Posted on 8/5/12 at 11:54 pm to Hoodoo Man
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I wanna be an extra in the movie.
I'll play Vilma! ...... Oh wait .....I'll play Payton.
Posted on 8/5/12 at 11:54 pm to purplepylon
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Vilma will be forgotten.
Vilma was the one of the cover of freaking Sports Illustrated Bounty issue. If he gets the suspension overturned because it's deemed BS in court he will be much more than a footnote. Dude may get a statue in the Player's Association offices for turning back the commissioner run wild on power.
This post was edited on 8/5/12 at 11:59 pm
Posted on 8/5/12 at 11:59 pm to saintsfan22
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If he get the suspension overturned because it's deemed BS in court he will be much more than a footnote
Understood, I'm saying if he takes the deal and is suspended 8 games then he will serve his time and eventually be forgotten in five years; while Payton becomes the face of Bountygate, because he actually sat out the whole year.
Posted on 8/6/12 at 12:10 am to eyeran
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If Goodell's even thinking about a settlement, its for a reason. I say frick him, see you in court.
this. for someone who said he had more than enough evidence to rightfully suspend players why is a settlement being offered? Goodell is about to get dp'd in court and is trying to save face by offering a settlement to say both sides won.
you only offer a settlement when you know they are going to benefit regardless of the situation
Posted on 8/6/12 at 12:14 am to WreckinRams05
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Roger Goodell
Get bent in court plz
Posted on 8/6/12 at 12:18 am to St Augustine
Frick Goodell.
shite just got real!!!!
shite just got real!!!!
Posted on 8/6/12 at 12:22 am to MakeMoney
Can we think about this move in terms of Goodell's recent interview?
Goodell just said that he thinks "the Saints are ready to move on."
Now, he's offering kind of a shitty settlement offer to Vilma.
So, if Vilma doesn't agree to the settlement, he'll be prolonging this whole business.
Therefore, in light of Goodell's words, it will seem like the Saints are not actually trying to move on; rather, they are being stubborn.
Goodell just said that he thinks "the Saints are ready to move on."
Now, he's offering kind of a shitty settlement offer to Vilma.
So, if Vilma doesn't agree to the settlement, he'll be prolonging this whole business.
Therefore, in light of Goodell's words, it will seem like the Saints are not actually trying to move on; rather, they are being stubborn.
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