I totally agree with you it’s evident that many of the posters are dedicated see no wrong fans and have never had to run a corporate business. It’s easier to point fingers at everybody including Goodell than it is to admit fault or accept responsibility. They can’t forsee the liability and safety issues, let alone the intervention of Congress or the Senate. They should ask the Cinncy Reds amd Pete Rose how that goes. Not to delve into assault and battery charges or intent to collude and organized crime violations. I can assure you, I would have dealt much more sewiftly and harshly and swiftly with these guys than Goodell did

They also fail to understand that this IS a business and NOT a criminal law action. Its s business I’n which employees violated the terms of agreement for working I’n the NFL. They are thinking with passion and not with their heads. I’n a mmoment, the twinkle of an eye this entire thing could blow up and escalate to an unprecedented manner because it is the NFL, big money and big names. What the players and coaches did, along with the input of questionable outside monies was stupid and could literally become a grenade. I’n a LOT of ways.

Lastly, they keep crying for evidence as if confessions are not enough. Release of the results of a two year investigation could bring hammers down on EVERYBODY AND EVER TEAM. That is why Goodell has exercised good judgement in keeping it behind closed doors I’n house. There is too much for common eyes to see. The Saints screwed up, they admitted it and now need to take the punishment and shut up. Period.

Come on people. Focus your hate on the guys who cheated. Hell the bounty knocked Favre out of the NFC championship for a play and had him hobbling for the remaining two quarters and the Saints won the game by 5 yards basically. That was one of the dirtiest hits anyone has ever seen and the guy came off the field screaming PAY ME MY MONEY!!!

This is like the most dispicable thing that has happened in sports in my lifetime excluding things individual players have done. This was a team effort with orders coming from the top. A team not only went after the opposing QB, but actually put a bounty on the dude’s head to cover the fine. Then they high-low’d him after a pass.

Seriously this is like something out of a bad Adam Sandler movie. But no, Saints got an unfair punishment. Everyone is probably doing it. Goodell is evil.

Seriously, stop defending these swine. They won a superbowl while cheating and playing the game in a cartoonishly villainish style. And we’re trying to defend them and rag on the commish? Not one coach or player from another team has come out and said “yeah, that sounds totally normal to slam 10 grand on the table and say go get after that ACL”.

Vilma – 1 year suspension for putting up $10,000 to injure a player.

hmmm yea that sounds justified.

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Go google the word “intent”. That will help you gain a greater understanding of those penalties.

Vilma – 1 year suspension for putting up $10,000 to injure a player.

hmmm yea that sounds justified.

This is all just safety “theater.”