Comments on: Vilma calls appointment of Tagliabue “a good first step” http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/21/vilma-calls-appointment-of-tagliabue-a-good-first-step/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:05:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: chi01town http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/21/vilma-calls-appointment-of-tagliabue-a-good-first-step/#comment-2075753 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:57:44 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1460103#comment-2075753 Goodell did the right thing when he suspended the Saints. But he did it the wrong way. I DONT LIKE GOODELL AT ALL. Tagliabue man it nice to hear anything from him.

]]> By: mackie66 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/21/vilma-calls-appointment-of-tagliabue-a-good-first-step/#comment-2075503 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:04:03 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1460103#comment-2075503 Let me get this skraite. Ginger, the current NFL commish is hiring the retired NFL commish Tags to act as a “go between” to hear the Bounty appeal hearings? Why? Why hire someone else to do your job, Ginger? Is it because this wont go away and your looking more and more everyday, like an idiot? All the accused wants is to see the evidence,,,due process. I mean your taking away an entire years worth of salary. Each player should have his day in court, either you do it or their lawyers will do it.

]]> By: chi01town http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/21/vilma-calls-appointment-of-tagliabue-a-good-first-step/#comment-2075346 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 13:46:21 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1460103#comment-2075346 Tagliabue is here to pull the plug on this mess. By week 9 every body will be back players an coaches to. all the Law suits will be dropped an the suspentions will all be time served. Tagliabue would have never put him self in this mess if he wasnt there to bring a quick end to it all

]]> By: bigdevil830 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/21/vilma-calls-appointment-of-tagliabue-a-good-first-step/#comment-2075133 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 07:47:17 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1460103#comment-2075133 A good first step would be for Vilma to shut his cry baby mouth up and take his punishment like and adult!! Hell at this point I’d like to see this clown permanently banned from the NFL

]]> By: andrewfbrowne http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/21/vilma-calls-appointment-of-tagliabue-a-good-first-step/#comment-2075076 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 04:41:53 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1460103#comment-2075076 This will never go away. They will fight this to the bitter end. League will lose face, players will stay suspended and lawyers will buy villas someplace warm.

]]> By: hrmlss http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/21/vilma-calls-appointment-of-tagliabue-a-good-first-step/#comment-2074925 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 02:16:54 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1460103#comment-2074925 “You can’t handle the truth!” Says the NFL Fanbase. Get over it. Take what Tag’s doles out. He always was way more lenient than Goddell.

]]> By: mrmidevil http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/21/vilma-calls-appointment-of-tagliabue-a-good-first-step/#comment-2074899 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 01:42:19 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1460103#comment-2074899 I hate goodell more than most, but I actually back him on this, and unlike most I am not flip flopping.

All I hear is how wrong and dispicable this was, and how bounties have no place…..then everyone flops on it, and its ok….and Vilma is a victim.

I was appalled when the NFL let him play today, hope they tack games onto his suspension, and then let the NFL sue him.

]]> By: seahawks80 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/21/vilma-calls-appointment-of-tagliabue-a-good-first-step/#comment-2074862 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 01:09:23 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1460103#comment-2074862 What is Vilma going to whine about when Tagliabue upholds the suspension?

]]> By: uglynora http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/21/vilma-calls-appointment-of-tagliabue-a-good-first-step/#comment-2074834 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:54:38 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1460103#comment-2074834 All you people who want this to go away, the best way to make that happen is to shine the light of day on it. Let the players see the ‘evidence’ and defend themselves in a fair and transparent manner. Goodell’s insistence on secrecy here is what has kept this thing rolling for so long. If the NFL insists on keeping secrets and not allowing the accusers to testify, this fares will continue to go on and on. It’s like the saying, if you want peace work for justice.

]]> By: westclaims http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/21/vilma-calls-appointment-of-tagliabue-a-good-first-step/#comment-2074826 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:50:49 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1460103#comment-2074826 Since nothing has been posted about it yet, congrats to the Vikings. Cards fan here, and the Vikings truly earned that win right out of the gate.

]]> By: bathroomben7 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/21/vilma-calls-appointment-of-tagliabue-a-good-first-step/#comment-2074812 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:46:44 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1460103#comment-2074812 Vilma also considers his time at the University of Miami a “college education.”

]]> By: sfsaintsfan http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/21/vilma-calls-appointment-of-tagliabue-a-good-first-step/#comment-2074778 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:34:16 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1460103#comment-2074778 Why can’t the players see the “evidence” that Roger Goodell claims he has?

Why can’t the players cross examine the “witnesses” the NFL claims to rely upon in handing down the suspensions?

The witnesses are two former employees of the Saints.

The first, Cerullo, was fired for gross dereliction of his duties and went AWOL on the team on two occasions. He was also given a cubic zirconia Super Bowl ring and his “ledger book” has more holes in it than Swiss Cheese and the Saints Defense and has provided a sworn statement that does not jive with the statement given by Williams.

The second, Williams, was not renewed by the Saints as the Defensive Coordinator, was supposedly deeply involved in the “pay for performance” pool, kept the money in a lock box that has disappeared, was suspended indefinitely by Goodell, was “sent” on a hiking trip to Thailand so that he could not be issued with a subpoena and has provided a sworn statement that does not jive with the statement given by Cerullo.

Fairness should win out. Goodell has no real evidence of a bounty / pay for injury scheme because such a program did not exist.

]]> By: purplegreenandgold http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/21/vilma-calls-appointment-of-tagliabue-a-good-first-step/#comment-2074747 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:22:04 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1460103#comment-2074747 the pic suggest vilma is walking towards the light

]]> By: veetan http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/21/vilma-calls-appointment-of-tagliabue-a-good-first-step/#comment-2074742 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:19:36 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1460103#comment-2074742 Tagliabue hears the facts and makes an objective decision that there really wasn’t a bounty program.

ALL suspensions are reversed (including Sean Payton’s)

Vilma wins his defamation case vs. Goodell.

Goodell loses his job in the offseason.

]]> By: sweetnlow44 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/21/vilma-calls-appointment-of-tagliabue-a-good-first-step/#comment-2074703 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:07:02 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1460103#comment-2074703 Go away, Vilma.

]]> By: vikingsrdue http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/21/vilma-calls-appointment-of-tagliabue-a-good-first-step/#comment-2074693 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:03:05 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1460103#comment-2074693 Bounties and Jets/Tebow articles are the worst.

]]> By: packhawk04 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/21/vilma-calls-appointment-of-tagliabue-a-good-first-step/#comment-2074691 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:02:13 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1460103#comment-2074691 “If you do what we want, we accept. If you might not do what we want, we object.”

]]> By: mrmidevil http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/21/vilma-calls-appointment-of-tagliabue-a-good-first-step/#comment-2074690 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:02:12 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1460103#comment-2074690 I really wish this guy would just shut up and take his punishment. His coach is setting a great example by staying out of the media, why cant Vilma?

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