I bet this month rent that Goodell makes his ruling as soon as the first pick in tomorrow draft is selection
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Dude, do you speak any English?

Aren’t you getting tired of losing, Villy? Also, you should probably conserve your money seeing as though you won’t be making any this season.

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well, folks, i guess the posters are dumb too. did you not hear, vilma restructured his contract before the punishment came down so that he got his 2 mil as a signing bonus? so much for not making any money this season.

I know most fans think that NFLPA agreed to allow Goodell to be a judge, jury and executioner and that the Saints should just deal with it. But as the league and the commissioner showed when they kneecapped the Redskins and Cowboys for non existent cap violations, they are not above abuse of power. Penalizing teams even though they did not break any rules, and suspending coaches and players for entire seasons without turning over any real evidence of what they did wrong? Nobody has a problem with that? I guess if you are a fan of one of the other 29 teams you might not. What if it comes out that Vilma never did offer up the $10,000? What will people be saying then? That he still should have shut up and taken the penalty because Goodell has all the power? If it’s one person’s accusation that has not been collaborated by another witness or other evidence, then that is not enough to suspend him. If they have all of the evidence that they claim to have then I guess it will be produced in the defamation proceedings.

A judge probably won’t overturn the suspensions but he/she might grant an injunction, which would allow Vilma to play until a ruling is made. Judging by last season, Vilma probably only has one mediocre year left. His best years are long behind him and he’s a longshot to make the Saints’ roster this season. I’m surprised they haven’t released him already. His best shot would be to be released early and find a spot on a team that will value his experience more than his play.

I’m all for Vilma, Fujita, Vitt, and anybody in particular holding Goodell’s feet to the fire publicly. But I don’t see how a judge can intervene in something that was collectively bargained.

If Goodell is guilty of defamation, and judging by the lack of evidence combined with Goodell’s smear campaign he very well could be, then he can be held accountable for damages in a court of law like anybody else. But I fail to see how a judge can force him to overturn the suspensions.
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First of all, as I have been saying for months, a CBA does not supersede the U.S. Constitution. If a party to a collectively bargained agreement acts in bad faith or commits fraud, aggrieved parties can still seek remedy in federal court.

Second, I contend that Vilma and his lawyer do not actually expect to win the defamation suit. I believe they are hoping that as part of the suit, a federal judge will rule that Goodell must turn over ALL of his evidence – such as it is – to Ginsberg for his review and challenge. At that point, even if the lawsuit is dismissed, if the evidence is weak or trumped up by unreliable witnesses, Ginsberg will have what he needs to embarrass Goodelll into reducing or eliminating the suspension.

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Not suddenly, it’s ongoing. Why would you hire a lawyer who is in the middle of a 5 year suspension in Florida to be your mouthpiece? Ginsberg needs the money worse than Vilma.

The appeals court affirmed the $371,517 monetary sanction imposed by the judge whom Ginsberg attempted to oust and upheld the judge’s suspension of Ginsberg’s license to practice for five years in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida. The district extends from the Georgia border to Florida’s southwest coast and includes Jacksonville, Orlando and Tampa, Fla.

The appeals panel found that “Ginsberg was extremely difficult to deal with and disrespectful to the court,” and that “he refused to answer the court’s questions, treated the court as an adversary and continually made inflammatory statements.”

Ginsberg difficult to deal with? I’m shocked. How did DeSmith miss the opportunity to add him to the NFLPA?

In reality, the judge should dismiss this case.

Can’t accept the punishment for what you did even after being told to stop though, so why not sue? Players want to be looked upon as men and yet many act like little children – not accepting the consequences of their own actions and appealing to the other parent to overturn the punishment of the one who caught you.

What’s next? An injunction when a player gets cut? Because there was not enough evidence that the other players were better?

Play by the rules you agreed to….how about that?

Laughable. Predictable. But laughable.

GO SAINTS ….. GO SAINTS ….. GO SAINTS