Comments on: Report: NFLPA will file Tagliabue recusal motion on Wednesday

By: kellij666

kellij666 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:19:17 +0000

How can someone who works for the law firm representing the NFL in the bounty case be impartial in the first place. Goodell is an idiot if he thought for one minute anyone wouldn’t see right through this. Oh wait, you saints haters believe everything he says and does. Just keep on with your whiney, hateful comments. The saints will prevail in the end and the more you hate the more we pull together. keep it up. who dat baby!!!!!! make Goodell show his evidence, then this will be over….

By: wvugrad00

wvugrad00 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:20:15 +0000

Goodell should take the offer back, then double the fines and suspension. They want to act like spoiled children treat them like spoiled children. If the players did not like the arbitration setup they should have addressed this during the negotiaion, tough ish if you dont like the process now. You made your bed, now sleep in it for the next 10 years.

By: celticsforever

celticsforever — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:55:22 +0000

The only way the Saints get a fair appeal is if the judge is D. Smith. And thats how it should be. Vilma = innocent. Goodell = the Fuher.

By: lawyermalloy

lawyermalloy — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:44:55 +0000

The Union’s strategy seems to be paying off, (good, bad or indifferent), while taking an adversarial position on EVERYTHING proposed by the league, the subject players get paid and receive credit towards retirement under the CBA.
While I side with the league in this case, the NFLPA’s tactics, in what will be a losing battle in the end,are quite effective.

By: bigjdve

bigjdve — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:43:24 +0000

Since the Union seems to be intent on going outside the agreement it signed, if the judge rules in their favor, I think it will be down right funny if Goodell puts himself back on the bench.

I mean, he can tell them – hey look, I gave you an arbiter and you filed a legal suit on him. So why would I give another arbiter where you would probably do the same.

What does the union think is going to happen? They keep trying for someone in their pocket, why would Goodell be any different?

By: doorharp11

doorharp11 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:08:59 +0000

I think goodell is trying to save vilma prison time bc i can not put a bounty on my competition to take them out from reaching my goals. What makes it ok for vilma to do it but i can not… huh so in order to be a successful criminal i need to be in the NFL… vilma sucks at his job and in life just like any person who supports vilma!

By: saintsfan1111

saintsfan1111 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 09:50:53 +0000

What’s the over/under on Goodell wishing he never brought this whole mess up?

He could have simply flown Benson up to NY, smacked him down, and demanded he get his team to cut it out.

By: fsf7

fsf7 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 04:21:18 +0000

butthatmakestoomuchsense says: Oct 23, 2012 9:54 PM

Ask yourself this- how bad will Goodell look if Tagliabue rules in favor of the players?

VERY bad. It would make Goodell look both biased and incompetent.
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Goodell has managed to do that quite fine on his own as he has bungled everything up from handling of Spygate to the over-reaction to Bountygate and making the NFL the official league of flag football.

The passing statistics are similar to the home run statistics of the steroid era in baseball.

By: cliffordc05

cliffordc05 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 04:15:53 +0000

Very nice article. Thank You.

By: coltzfan166

coltzfan166 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 04:09:23 +0000

Seriously, this is so ridiculous now.

By: sampulls

sampulls — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 03:46:20 +0000

I used to love the saints/ Brees/ organization…now I have lost all respect. Where there is smoke, there is fire. These players make me sick now.

By: samapoc

samapoc — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 03:08:05 +0000

Every article makes me hate the NFL more and more. This witch hunt double-standard bs needs to end. And the suspensions need to be lifted. It’s wasted enough of everyone’s time and money. There’s no evidence that anything happened. It’s time to let it go.

By: footballisfun

footballisfun — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 02:48:28 +0000

The NFLPA is exactly right. The issue is objectivity.

Obviously, the teabaggers who worship billionaires will disagree with the fact that workers should have a fair hearing, but that pretty much shows how stupid they are, because they pretty much are nothing but workers, too…

By: threatlevelbob

threatlevelbob — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 02:46:00 +0000

If you live in or around Baltimore, and have any sense of history, you know not to trust Tagliabue.

Seriously, Goodell is bad but Paul Tagliabue is an even greater evil without the same level of media exposure.

He’s the evil that you don’t know.

By: lippy4246

lippy4246 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 02:33:57 +0000

Just be done with it and dig up Pete Rozelle’s corpse and let him take care of business. This whole thing has become a joke…a bad one at that

By: vbe2

vbe2 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 02:30:32 +0000

I’m getting so sick of the NFLPA and Vilma. He did the crime. When this is all said and done, ban him from the NFL forever.

By: pawpaw46

pawpaw46 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 02:29:13 +0000

saudogg says:
Oct 23, 2012 9:38 PM
This crap will never end.

This crap should have never started.
The Omissioner thinks the “F”in NFL stands for fantasy, because this is sure as hell something he dreamed up… Pay to injure has never been proven because it never freakin happened.

Had Lord Roger just fined and suspended coaches and players for a sensible amount of time for failing to discontinue a pay for performance deal, then everyone would’ve taken their medicine and it would have gone away…..

But Big Bad Roger Goodell had to puff out his chest and walk around like Vince McMahon on a pay per view, acting like the Saints had crucified Jesus.

I hope he has embarrassed the league enough for the owners to fire his ass

By: ilovefoolsball

ilovefoolsball — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 02:28:49 +0000

conormacleod says:
Oct 23, 2012 9:39 PM
Every article only makes me hate the Saints and Vilma even more.
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Your opinion is very important!
I’m sure you had a warm and fuzzy feeling for them before all of this.
Give me a break.

By: evilbilly3

evilbilly3 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 02:27:38 +0000

Why does Vilma say he good with Tags, but the union is not? I figured it would be the other way around.

By: jason1980

jason1980 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 02:24:32 +0000

Every article makes me love the Saints and Vilma more and more. Funny, how people that hate these articles always comment about how much they hate these articles. Lol. Thou does protest a we bit too much, don’t ya think?

By: Canyonero

Canyonero — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 02:22:53 +0000

Of course Tagliabue should be recused.

There are more living former U.S. Presidents than living former NFL Commissioners!

By: saintsfan26

saintsfan26 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 02:17:19 +0000

Vilma is an American hero.

By: thejuddstir

thejuddstir — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 02:05:08 +0000

How about the NFL recuse the saints* from the NFL? What a freakin’ disgrace they have been to the league.

By: deleeryus

deleeryus — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 02:03:40 +0000

I’ve posted this on a couple of other articles related to this & want to repost because I’m interested in peoples opinion:

“Oh my God!!!!! Until this article…I wasn’t getting sick about hearing of the Saints “bounty case!” I personally thought he’d be a good arbitrator. That being said…my fellow Saints fans/haters/football-fans-in-general…who do you think would be a fair & impartial arbitrator?!? This should have some interesting responses…

By: purplengold

purplengold — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 01:59:00 +0000

Ask the judge to make all the evidence available to the general public.

By: butthatmakestoomuchsense

butthatmakestoomuchsense — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 01:54:47 +0000

I don’t even see how Tagliabue can be seen as impartial. He has obvious longstanding ties to Goodell and the league itself.

Ask yourself this- how bad will Goodell look if Tagliabue rules in favor of the players?

VERY bad. It would make Goodell look both biased and incompetent.

By: puppylovenyc

puppylovenyc — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 01:53:43 +0000

Kudos for the Godfather reference!

By: conormacleod

conormacleod — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 01:39:44 +0000

Every article only makes me hate the Saints and Vilma even more.

By: saudogg

saudogg — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 01:38:36 +0000

This crap will never end.