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RE: Saints Bounty Thread - Beef - 05-17-2012 11:14 AM
(05-17-2012 10:27 AM)ATLBound Wrote: In other news Drew Brees was on a radio show and advised that he was "extremely" frustrated by the contract issues. He said based on the offseason tgere should be a sense of urgency and yet there has been none.
Clearly Guido's inside source doesn't know shit, just like him.
RE: Saints Bounty Thread - pauliwood - 05-17-2012 11:17 AM
(05-17-2012 10:27 AM)ATLBound Wrote: In other news Drew Brees was on a radio show and advised that he was "extremely" frustrated by the contract issues. He said based on the offseason tgere should be a sense of urgency and yet there has been none.
The "Extremely frustrated" sound bite is getting a lot of play on NFLN and ESPN.
RE: Saints Bounty Thread - ATLBound - 05-17-2012 11:21 AM
(05-17-2012 11:14 AM)Beef Wrote: Clearly Guido's inside source doesn't know shit, just like him.
Well his inside source was having a casual conversation about it with Loomis and got a THUMBS UP
Haha
Saints Bounty Thread - juraitwaluzka - 05-17-2012 12:12 PM
Yeah, I certainly believe a thumbs up much more than Brees himself.
RE: Saints Bounty Thread - phocis850 - 05-17-2012 02:09 PM
Quote:Saints quarterback Drew Brees's remarks to WWL-AM radio Wednesday in which he said he is frustrated with the process in getting signed to a long-term contract has not spurred any movement in locking up the franchise quarterback.http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d82929823/article/saints-unmoved-by-drew-brees-frustration-with-contract-talks?module=HP11_headline_stack
There has been no progress -- which has been the case for months -- regarding contract talks between Brees and the Saints, a source with knowledge of the situation said Thursday.
The team has tendered Brees with a franchise tag, which gives the team exclusive negotiating rights. However, Brees said he will not play under the one-year, franchise tender.
By Steve Wyche
Oh wait, its Steve Wyche, it's bias.
I think Guido is finding out that he can't keep ignoring the fact that fans know ABSOLUTELY NOTHING AT ALL TIMES. All us fans can do is assume things until they finally are over with. To say yesterday that everything is fine with the negotiations is a lie to yourself.
RE: Saints Bounty Thread - ATLBound - 05-17-2012 02:33 PM
Guido has gone missing....
P.S. I do hope everything is ok. I know he has had a past with cancer.
RE: Saints Bounty Thread - AsylumGuido - 05-17-2012 03:44 PM
(05-17-2012 02:33 PM)ATLBound Wrote: Guido has gone missing....
P.S. I do hope everything is ok. I know he has had a past with cancer.
Thanks for the concern. It was my mother-in-law's 85th birthday yesterday and I have been swamped between my two jobs and a contractor and a pool service at the house today.
RE: Saints Bounty Thread - AsylumGuido - 05-17-2012 03:48 PM
And now for a BIGGIE.
Jonathon Vilma has just filed suit against Roger Goodell in the Eastern District of Federal Court.
See the entire suit here:
Vilma v. Goodell
You must pardon me, but I am so loving this.
RE: Saints Bounty Thread - AsylumGuido - 05-17-2012 03:52 PM
(05-17-2012 02:09 PM)phocis850 Wrote: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d82929823/article/saints-unmoved-by-drew-brees-frustration-with-contract-talks?module=HP11_headline_stack
By Steve Wyche
Oh wait, its Steve Wyche, it's bias.
I think Guido is finding out that he can't keep ignoring the fact that fans know ABSOLUTELY NOTHING AT ALL TIMES. All us fans can do is assume things until they finally are over with. To say yesterday that everything is fine with the negotiations is a lie to yourself.
Still not worried. The fact that Brees is talking about it means they are beginning to feel the pressure of OTA's approaching. This is a good sign as far as I am concerned.
But, on to happier things like Vilma suing Goodell.
RE: Saints Bounty Thread - AsylumGuido - 05-17-2012 03:58 PM
Vilma sues Goodell for defamation
Posted by Mike Florio on May 17, 2012, 3:33 PM EDT
Jonathan Vilma Portrait Shoot Getty Images
Like so many other developments in the Saints’ bounty drama, the latest one has arrived out of the blue, without warning.
During last Friday’s PFT Live, lawyer Peter Ginsberg vaguely hinted at additional legal action that he may be taking on behalf of Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma. But there was no indication that Vilma would file a lawsuit against NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
That’s precisely what Vilma has done. It’s Vilma v. Goodell, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, the federal court that encompasses New Orleans.
As specified in paragraph 1 on the complaint, the claim is defamation, which means that Vilma contends Goodell lied about Vilma when making public statements about Vilma’s role in the alleged bounty program.
What follows over the next 112 numbered paragraphs are a variety of specific allegations that, in short, claim the Commissioner has been untruthful about Vilma’s involvement in the bounty program, and that Vilma never “pledged” and “never paid, or intended to pay” $10,000 or any amount of money as an incentive to knock Brett Favre or Kurt Warner out of 2009 playoff games, or any other player in any other game.
Curiously, Vilma never says that he never “offered” to pay $10,000 as an incentive to knock Brett Favre or Kurt Warner or anyone else out of any games. The use of the phrase “never paid, or intended to pay” copies the content of Vilma’s May 2 statement, which seemed to dance around the possibility that Vilma, perhaps in the heat of the moment, made a hollow offer to pay the money as part of an exercise in standard pregame hyperbole.
Above all else, the lawsuit appears to be a mechanism for forcing the NFL to put the evidence against Vilma on the table. Since truth is an absolute defense to any defamation claim, Goodell can vindicate himself by offering up proof to support the statements he has made.
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Notice that Vilma has demanded a trial by jury which is his right. I would say he has to be pretty darned sure that Goodell has something very wrong to go to this extreme.