(10-23-2012 12:06 AM)AsylumGuido Wrote:  Okay, let's go back to the whole basis of the suspensions. The Saints were accused of a three year long ongoing program of placing bounties on opposing players for intentional injury.

Now, it has been boiled down to a possible incident where a confirmed liar swears $10000 cash money was placed on Warner's head. On the other hand, a career coach signs a statement saying that he wasn't involved because all he was handling was a pay for performance plan, but that Vilma offered $10000 on Favre.

Now, nine separate individuals that were in both of those meetings appeared in court and swore that there was never any bounty on Favre or Warner.

But, regardless, what the hell happened to the three year long bounty thing? Huh? The whole thing has been bullshit and once Cerullo and Williams have to testify it is all going to come clear.

(10-23-2012 12:18 AM)ATLBound Wrote:  Sigh...I dont think you understand what assuming means because you continue to do it. It's extremely annoying.

Once again if one of them is telling the truth then it doesn't matter. Does it lose credibility? Sure it does but being credible and being truthful are two totally different things.

Who cares about the 3 year investigation? It doesn't matter at this point. When the judges ruled in favor of the players it gave the opportunity to the league to reissue the penallties in a manner that fits the evidence the NFL has. Yes, I will say it for you so you wont focus on this one thing that I post....we all understand that you don't think the NFL has evidence...blah blah blah.

Who cares that they were initially punished from the intentional injure angle? Once again it has changed. Does the NFL lose some credibility for changing the initial offense? Sure it does but once again it does not mean the bounty program didn't exist. Which is what Radical was eluding to.

There were payments made for cart-offs, cart-offs indicate a player being injured, therefore the Saints were paid for injuries that theu caused opposing players.

Stop talking about things that don't matter anymore to prove the NFL has holes. We know some of the evidence has holes, but it doesn't mean there weren't any bounties. You're just assuming.

(10-23-2012 12:38 AM)AsylumGuido Wrote:  And you are assuming that there were bounties. Have you ever heard of innocent until proven guilty? The assumption is there were bounties because Cerullo said there was. But, Cerullo wasn't even part of the team for 2/3rds of the period in question. But, there are assumptions. Let's see the proof of bounties.

And yes, there were payments offered for what was called cart-offs. A cart-off indicated a player had to leave the game for one or more plays. If a penalty occurred on the play there was no payment. If the play was deemed an illegal hit there was no payment. If the game was a loss there was no payment.

None of this equates to bounties. Yes, I keep bringing up the point of targeting opposing players for intentional injury because that was the crime for which they were accused.

The league had already approved of collecting player pool monies for players being knocked out of games on legal hits. That is part of public record. That wasn't what all of this was about.

(10-23-2012 12:38 AM)AsylumGuido Wrote:  And yes, there were payments offered for what was called cart-offs. A cart-off indicated a player had to leave the game for one or more plays.

(10-24-2012 01:37 PM)Radical Wrote:  I'm opening this back up, and I will be keeping a close eye on this thread. There will be no warnings or slap on the wrists from this point on for breaking the rules. Post away!

Quote:The NFL Players Association just sent out a news release saying it will make a motion for former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue to recuse himself from hearing the appeals of the four players that are facing suspensions in the New Orleans bounty drama.

Current commissioner Roger Goodell previously recused himself from hearing the appeals of Jonathan Vilma, Will Smith, Scott Fujita and Anthony Hargrove. Tagliabue is scheduled to hear the appeals next week.

Throughout the process, the union has been trying to get a more neutral party to hear the appeals. We’ll see how Tagliabue responds to this. But I’ve got a feeling it still may be a long time before this situation gets resolved.

Vilma also has filed a defamation lawsuit against Goodell. The season is almost halfway over. I’m guessing that the legal maneuvering may delay any player suspensions from being served this season and it’s also possible that federal judge Ginger Berrigan might step in and throw out the suspensions.

In past proceedings, Berrigan has indicated she believes the penalties are too harsh, but she’s been hesitant to make a ruling until it’s clear if, under the collective bargaining agreement, Goodell has the jurisdiction to issue the suspensions.