NFL: Saints Bounty Thread

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(05-11-2012 11:45 AM)AsylumGuido Wrote:  But Mary Jo also said this in reference to the declaration:

In describing Hargrove's declaration last week, Mary Jo White, a former U.S. attorney hired by the NFL to review its investigation, said the player, "acknowledges the nature of the program and his participation in it, and, which is really the thrust of the declaration, that he was told to lie about it, and he did when he was asked about it in 2010 by the NFL investigators."

Now, we both know that the document clearly does not "acknowledge the nature of the program".

It also clearly does not "acknowledge his participation in it".

It also clearly does not "acknowledge that he was told to lie about it".

There is no way that can be misinterpreted.

So yes, the NFL absolutely DID say that he lied. They totally misrepresented the declaration to the media when announcing the player punishments. The actual declaration didn't surface until later and now Goodell and Ms. White have been caught with their pants down.

There is no way any of you can dispute that fact.

Now, whose credibility might be in question?

It doesn't say "clearly"

It says it acknowledges the existence of a bounty

It says it acknowledges Hargrove's participation in it

It says it acknowledges Hargrove was told to lie about it.

The word "clearly" was never established. This is very important because if using logic, then yes what Mrs. White said was correct.

It acknowledges the existence because why would someone be called in tp deny or play dumb to something that doesn't exist.

It acknowledges his participation in it because the NFL and Saints coaches called in Hargrove specifically about the interview and to play sumb about it.

It acknowledges that he was told to fabricate it because he was told to play dumb about it. That is the equivalent of a half truth or in essence a lie.

Once again you are missing the point because Mrs. White never said "clearly" from what I have seen. Understand Mrs. White is a former prosecutor so when she acknowledges what this declaration could mean she is indicating that if we were to take this evidence into a court of law then we could use this as proof of these 3 things.

That's where you are failing and yet you are still trying to make it seem as if Mrs. White is going to forego her reputation at a prestigious law firm to help the NFL. You're trying every angle to make yourself and the Saints seem right and it's pitiful. Bottom line is Mrs. Whte being a lawyer see this declaration and says to herself and the NFL if we were in court then how can we prove this. She basically MAPPED out how this could be used as proper evidence. The problem the players have at this point though is that it doesn't have to go to court. Goodell is the judge. Sorry!