How can a League via its franchise accept public funding, tax breaks, etc. and not be exposed to the right to information act? If my business received public funds, I’d be held to higher standards than a privately funded, private company…

Second, how can the League Offices not be held accountable to Consumers of its products by disenfranchising them and not have to disclose their justification for their actions?!?

Whether a Saints Fan or not, I want the discovery made public and then I want the same zeal launched equally in investigating the thirty-one other franchises – some of which players had admitted via SportsTalk Radio in their markets that they were doing the same thing…

“The Saints cheated!” Uh – no. The Vikings LOST, period.

“The Saints management is guilty – they didn’t protest!” Wrong again – they appealed their suspensions, but unfortunately were stuck appealing to King Roger, who wasn’t about to change a thing.

“Williams speech proves they did it!” Not really. “Kill the head and the body will die” is not a particularly unusual metaphor. In fact, there is visual evidence that this very slogan was posted on the wall of the KC Chiefs facility when Herm Edwards was their head coach.

“Whether you agree with what De Smith says or not he is STILL a pompous blowhard. He only took this stance to stick it to Goodell for beating like a pinata at the negotiating table. He is such a transparent politician that it disgusts me.”
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I love how D Smith is pompous for sticking it to Goodell.. Let me ask you little 49ertimmy, why is it a successful attorney was able to beat Goodell, who is nothing more than a POLITICIAN and economist, at his own game.. He is smarter, knows the CBA better, and was not going to jsut let this get swept under a rug.. You are just a hater.. Also, the Niners defense is not so good when they dont have Justin Smith out there cheating and holding 2 O-linemen all game.. JS

So far, 1 Federal Judge, 3 NFL “Reviewers”, 1 former NFL Commissioner, and the head of the NFL Players Union ALL say the SAME thing – that God-dell and the NFL got duped by a former, fired, disgruntled Saints employee and they went on an unwarranted rampage against this organization.

Those are FACTS so deal with it!

Second pt, it just adds another chapter to the Viking’s playoff futility. They were so close but the Saints beat up Favre so bad that on the final INT, Favre choose to throw the ball rather than run up field for at least another 5 yards and a sure FG to win. That play alone demonstrates that karma really does exist.

It’s funny how all of the sudden Gregg Williams “doesn’t fit their mold” as Drew Brees said. Why? Because he admitted to wrong doing? It’s funny how he fit the mold before hand.

The players on this team continue to say things to where fans lose all respect. Especially Drew Brees. But DE Smith needs to shut the hell up. Especially given the fact he was ALSO part of the STARCAPS issue.

A smart man would just shut his mouth. Smith is not a smart man.

What has Dee Smith done for player safety? Nothing today that is for sure.

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Just as I predicted. Rightful owners? Ha. Rightful owners of jack squat! Come on down the Mississippi in Fred Smoot’s love boat and get your Lombardi if you think you are the rightful owner!

Why do you want to see evidence so badly? So you can decide who was right in this whole mess? Your opinion of who’s right will do nothing to change anything what so ever. The most you’ll be able to do is whine about it on Internet sites like this (oh yeah I’m sure Goodell is intimidated by your comments).

Roger Goodell owes us nothing. It’s not our business to decide who was right and wrong here. People on here just dying to see evidence remind me of when I was in high school and everyone had to know why two people broke up. It’s none of our business.

And by the way, isn’t there an outside chance that maybe Vilma is the one lying? He is, after all, the one that allegedly offered $10,000 to knock Favre out. So it would kinda make sense that he would lie about it too. Just sayin….

It, however, did not deny that there was a bounty. Just that the NFL could not prove that the plaintiffs were guilty of helping to run it (or lying about it).

This is why Coach Payton, GM Loomis, and DC Williams did not have their suspensions removed.

There would have likely been less resistance by the Saints if the players had not been suspended.

If the Saints had been forthcoming with information and followed the leagues directives the first time around then none of this would have occurred. The league overreacted but the Saints instigated this entire mess with their intransigence. The league has made numerous mistakes but the lesson remains for all of the other franchises…..don’t screw with the commissioner’s office.

Right from the very start this whole process was fishy, stunk of the league trying to make some noise about ‘player safety’ through the medium of some trumped up ‘bounty’ crap.

The evidence of which never seen the light of day.

The league is smart enough to know that alot of fans from all of the franchises – especially those getting their asses whupped by Drew Brees et al on a regular basis – would happily jump on a bandwagon that gives their team a competitive advantage over the Saints.

You can see the hate/relief in the comments section.

Actually as a Patriots fan, it kinda feels like home!!

Release the transcripts, Roger, if you have the gonads to do it. The emperor is buck naked on this one.