re: NFL presented Vilma w/sworn affidavit of GW stating Vilma offered 10k for Favre

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Vilma's defamation suit isn't about whether or not he actually put out a bounty or not, it's about whether Goodell had reason to believe he did. Criminall cases regularly use conflicted witnesses that sell out there colleagues for lesser sentences. Their testimony isn't thrown out because it's conflicted, it's often critical to making the case.

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What I said is goodell has to prove he had sufficient evidence that allowed him to make the statements he made. thats what will have to be shown here. Vilmas attorney will have to show how bad the evidence is and show that bc of how bad it is goodell should have known his statements are false

I never said the statements would be thrown out. What i said is they won hold much weight in court. As in they wont mean much bc his statement and situation he is in is a conflict of interest. Vilmas attorney will charcterize GW as having a conflict of interest. So his statement in the eyes of the jury will be weak but not thrown out.

The fact that both statements that the nfl has from gw and corr that are conflicting in the order of events looks really bad. and any decent attorney will show the jury why that looks bad. So basically one can assume now that their statements wont hold a lot of weight to show goodell could say what he said. He will need written evidence prove himself.

Oh and this isn't a criminal case what happens there does not follow in this situation