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Reasons for Withholding Bounty Evidence
Posted on 4/17/12 at 6:06 pm
Posted on 4/17/12 at 6:06 pm
Seems odd that the NFL would completely withhold evidence from the NFLPA in regards to the bounty evidence especially since it will only hinder them in levying suspensions against Saints players.
If they do go ahead with suspensions I would imagine that at some point the NFLPA is going to call them out in public for holding court behind closed doors. Why fight that battle if you don't have to? They must have a pretty good reason for doing so.
The first thing that comes to mind is that the evidence they have may implicate other teams. So far this is about the only reasonable explanation I can come up with. Otherwise, why wouldn't you throw the NFLPA a bone considering you have 18,000 pages of documentation.
Considering the player turnover in the NFL I have a hard time believing that with 18,000 pages of documentation there isn't a considerable amount of information outlining or at least implying the existence of similar systems throughout the league.
Not trying to start another "other teams do it" thread. Just discussing why the NFL appears to be putting a stranglehold on their evidence. They claim to have 18,000 pages but so far the reports are that they have yet to communicate a single piece of that evidence with the NFLPA.
If they do go ahead with suspensions I would imagine that at some point the NFLPA is going to call them out in public for holding court behind closed doors. Why fight that battle if you don't have to? They must have a pretty good reason for doing so.
The first thing that comes to mind is that the evidence they have may implicate other teams. So far this is about the only reasonable explanation I can come up with. Otherwise, why wouldn't you throw the NFLPA a bone considering you have 18,000 pages of documentation.
Considering the player turnover in the NFL I have a hard time believing that with 18,000 pages of documentation there isn't a considerable amount of information outlining or at least implying the existence of similar systems throughout the league.
Not trying to start another "other teams do it" thread. Just discussing why the NFL appears to be putting a stranglehold on their evidence. They claim to have 18,000 pages but so far the reports are that they have yet to communicate a single piece of that evidence with the NFLPA.
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Posted on 4/17/12 at 6:12 pm to Hankster2
at first, there was 50k pages of documents, now, there's only 18k?
Posted on 4/17/12 at 6:28 pm to Hankster2
Been wondering the same thing. I wonder if Rog fears that some of that "evidence" may come out later and be used against the league in one of the many ongoing concussion lawsuits against it.
I did notice on "another site" *coughSRcough* that Drew when meeting in NY as a NFLPA rep asked to see any evidence and the league refused. I hope he and the PA keep up the pressure. This whole thing just smells.
edt: What needs to happen is one of the Plaintiff's lawyers representing a former player in a lawsuit needs to subpoena those documents. The league may object based on relevance or claim privilege, but it should at least keep them from destroying the evidence until someone can figure a way to get access.
I did notice on "another site" *coughSRcough* that Drew when meeting in NY as a NFLPA rep asked to see any evidence and the league refused. I hope he and the PA keep up the pressure. This whole thing just smells.
edt: What needs to happen is one of the Plaintiff's lawyers representing a former player in a lawsuit needs to subpoena those documents. The league may object based on relevance or claim privilege, but it should at least keep them from destroying the evidence until someone can figure a way to get access.
This post was edited on 4/17/12 at 6:32 pm
Posted on 4/17/12 at 7:27 pm to kclsufan
Kclsufan I pretty much agree with your line of thinking. I think the NFL is hiding evidence that could be used against them. I say pull it out in the open and bring Roger down with the saints!
Posted on 4/17/12 at 7:29 pm to Hankster2
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