NFL: Saints Bounty Thread

[AsylumGuido]

(11-29-2012 01:53 PM)Xanthri Wrote:  Sorry Guido....I don't buy it.....you don't quietly take a suspension if you are innocent (he appealled and it was denied....so why not do exactly what Vilma and the players did and jump in on that lawsuit........Vilma is still playing?!?! If Payton knew he was innocent both he and williams would have signed onto that lawsuit). I will give you that the proof may be flawed....to say there was no bounty program....PLEASE did Brees pass the blunt to you after he was done!?!??!

and word is (and mind you this is from ESPN) that Gregg Williams is the one who sold out Vilma in the first place (they have even said Gregg Williams likely will not be able to ever get a DC job again in the NFL because none of the players will trust him after what he did).

Let me reiterate that much of this info is from ESPN....and other news sources...

Payton and Williams have no union and no Collective Bargaining Agreement. That is common knowledge and has been stated by legal analysts for months as the entire reason why they had zero leverage to fight it any further. They can't just "sign" onto a suit between the NFLPA and the NFL anymore than the can "sign" on to a private lawsuit between Vilma and Goodell. Their silence is not an admission of guilt, it is all they have available.

And, no, Gregg Williams was not the instigator. In January of 2010, Coach Brad Childress of the Vikings went to Goodell and claimed that his player, Jimmy Kennedy told him that Anthony Hargrove said there was a bounty on Favre. Both Kennedy and Hargrove have signed statements that none of this happened.

THAT is where it all began. The league subsequently went to Williams who denied that there were any bounties, but did admit to there being a pay for performance program.

The whole issue was then dropped until two years later when Cerullo, who was fired at the end of the 2009 season, came forth in November of 2011 claiming to have proof of a bounty system. What was the proof? We have all seen it. It was several handwritten notes and his personal testimony.

You see, it all hangs on this one guy.