I’d probably become dumb too if I had to babysit stupid players who can’t handle themselves during the off season.

And Berrigan – also, undoubtedly, to the delight of Vilma and Co. – suggested that Goodell had shoehorned the allegations into his jurisdictional strike zone. She said the evidence on which Goodell based the suspensions easily could have been classified as on-field violations or salary-cap circumvention, rather than off-field, integrity-of-the-game crimes.

She said that the agreement of arbitrators might have been a result of possible fear of ruling against the powerful commissioner.

So…what he is saying, it is 100% ok to knock the ever living crap, and hammer an opponent into physical submission, as long as it is within the rules of contact AND no money changed hands. But the second you bet your teammate what amounts to chump change to these atheletes that you will be the first to do said 100% approved action, you are now Tanya Harding…weak.
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Yeah that’s exactly what he is saying…all except the Tonya Harding stuff. Actually it’s against 2 NFL rules that have existed for many, many years. It’s a salary cap violation too. And also nobody made a bet. If a bet was made then it breaks a third rule….gambling. All teams know the rules. There is enough proof to show that the Saints had a disregard for some of these rules. Furthermore they showed a disregard for the NFL’s authority to investigate this matter, by obstructing the investigation. Which seems to be the lost point in this. It’s not only that they would not cooperate, but the also obstructed the investigation. Which in turn led to the violations going on for 2 more entire seasons. I ask you this…what evidence have the players shown. The need to have a believable answers for all or most of the allegations the league has made. This isn’t criminal court, poking holes in the NFL’s case is ridiculous. THey are going to have to get specific about what their admitted pay for performance program (which is a violation in itself) was all about. What did it entail, how was it organized and implemented. I mean you do realize they have admitted to pay for performance and that is against the rules. So a reduction in suspension is the absolute best case scenario for them. Based on evidence presented by the players to the public, I believe the NFL at this point. We will wait and see what the courts say.

Well it’s a good thing the saints didn’t have a “pay to injure” program. They had a pay for performance program. There is a huge difference. Goodell needs to go, guy is ruining the game.
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If I agreed with you we’d both be wrong. Huge difference? Uh-uh. Both illegal and always have been. The Saints lied and then kept lying. Maybe everyone will learn from this. Commissioner Goodell is not ruining the game, he’s saving it. Those who are forward thinking understand this. And that’s why everything he’s done will stand.

Usually the guy who change his story every week and already got caught lying multiple times (Hargrove’s decalaration, Hargrove’s video..) is the one who is lying.

In the other hand, the one who is saying the same thing since the beginning, and who is willing to tell that story in front of a judge, under oath, is the one who is telling the truth.

And seriously, everything he leaked to the media is BS. And he says “I have more evidence, but this stuff is real. And you can’t see it,” and you actually believe it? Are you people really that dense?

You really trust a guy who says he’s serious about player safety, and then fights for an 18 game schedule and NFL in the Olympics? But hey, he punished the Saints and took a PR photo with a kid so that problem is solved, right?

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Can you prove it? Roger Goodell hasn’t. I need more than “I have evidence,” and so should you.

I am so sick of the denial by characters who should not be diminishing their careers with sheer stupidity. Drew Brees cannot possibly make himself look any more a stupid jerk than he now has so convincingly accomplished.
I say put a bounty on Brees.

Its not that hard to figure out…. They are 100% guilty and so many of you suckers are buying their predictable stories
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So tell me how that differs from you and the rest of the suckers buying into what the NFL is selling you

Who`s more of a fool. The fool, or the fools who follow them

Ask Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, Raphael Palmero, Rodger Clemens etc if they took steroids… Guess what the answer is.

Ask Mike Vick (before he was found guilty) if he ran a dog fighting scheme.

Sam Hurds laywer is claiming innocence on his drug charges despite being caught with several kilos of coke.

If you want to figure out who’s lying, check to see who has the greater incentive to lie?

The guy running a multi-billion dollar business who was a lot to lose if he makes the whole story up, or the players who have absolutely nothing to lose by continously denying it??

Its not that hard to figure out…. They are 100% guilty and so many of you suckers are buying their predictable stories