NFL: Saints Bounty Thread

[Drathdon]

(06-15-2012 07:45 PM)AsylumGuido Wrote:  Oh! And apparently, the supposed ledger remains supposed because it was not part of any evidence released.

You do realize this is not a court, right? The league did not have to release anything at all unless they would use it on monday in the appeal. That means that they can choose to not use anything if they do not want details to get out to the players on who said what and when to implicate them. There is no burden of proof they need to show in overwhelming detail. All Goodell needs to see is proof for himself to make the suspension and uphold it. Vilma can scream all day about not seeing the evidence... the NFL only has to show enough to support their decision IN THEIR MIND. Not everything has to be revealed, as this is no court, but a business.

They could have made this suspension with far less, frankly. It's their show to run, and the players conceded that right in return for cash. You'll get no traction arguing the system unfair less than a year after all the players signed off on the rule sheet they wanted to be governed by.