NFL lost case. Vilma won no suspensions for any players

[Hangman]

meaning Hargrove will be available sunday verse niners

 

[uncfan103]

Seriously? What does that mean about Sean Payton, is he back too?

 

[rmilia1]

Coaches are not effected, they remain suspended but players are back. LOL at Goodell BTW...

 

[uncfan103]

Coaches are not effected, they remain suspended but players are back. LOL at Goodell BTW...

Oh okay, thanks.

 

[clyde_carbon]

Uhh, what? How do you go from being suspended the entire season to 0 games?

 

[CalamityX11]

wow... well i guess i know whats on Sportcenter for the next few days...

 

[clyde_carbon]

Honestly, thank God they got overturned. Fuck Goodell and his overhanded policies and punishments.

 

[clyde_carbon]

Like I said many times, bountygate was the most ridiculous, overblown story I've ever followed in sports.

 

[abaskin18]

I like the ruling but doesn't the CBA allow Goodell to suspend anyone for any length of time for anything?

 

[ChrisPozz]

Bounty suspensions will now go back to the Commissioner | ProFootballTalk

It all could, in time, end up in the same place. For now, however, the panel has opted to be careful. “In light of the serious nature of the penalties imposed,” Howell writes, “we believe caution is appropriate.”

Though the NFL eventually may win the war, losing this battle will have an enormous P.R. impact. People will view the Commissioner’s authority as being less than what it may be, and internally the blame will fall on the lawyers who failed to properly draw the lines when drawing up the penalties.

 

[fordman84]

Sounds like a temporary win. The punishment was just, but they weren't sure if he was acting in the right capacity.

I'm betting that the suspensions end up occurring, will just have to go through the process again.

 

[mem49er]

meaning Hargrove will be available sunday verse niners

Hargrove was released and still hasn't been picked back up.

 

[MHSL82]

If the NFL ends up winning the case, Goodell should reinstate the full season suspension for Vilma starting Week 3 of 2012 and ending after Week 2 of next season. The irony would be, by winning the arbitration here, Vilma will have missed 2 more games. (He's likely to be out for Week 1 and 2 due to a knee injury.) Of course, he's paid the same these two weeks though he's injured. The others would have played 1 or 2 games, and then serve their 4-8 week suspensions, which IMO, depending on the schedule, might hurt their teams more than missing the first 4-8 games were.

 

[NinerSickness]

Well huge booooo's coming from me on this one. All the more reason to root against the Saints.