Pretty crazy stuff that most here would like to see, feel free to move to right Section....
What the hell happened for it to get overturned, not reduced, but fully overturned!?!??!
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I like seeing the players finally win one over Goodell. That guy is such a ****in' stiff.
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My understanding is that the ruling against Goodell is based on the fact that the players accepting payment after injury isn't valid proof they intended to hurt someone. That sounds exceedingly stupid on the face off it, but I read this article that I think sums it up well. The player is put in a bad position with his employer if he refuses the money, and the logical easiest course for them to avoid it was to take the money and not actually try to injure anyone.
If the Saints opponents didn't suffer a significant amount more injuries than other teams, it's really difficult to claim it was actually being done.Bpk and Stringer Bell like this. -
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Yeah, you know they would rather have that pick, and really their coaches, and GM reinstated and frankly would have been ok without the players getting reinstated.
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Almost sounds as if Goodell folded his cards, out of concern the litigation filed against him for player defamation could end up sticking, if or when their half baked appeals process ever came under serious scrutiny.
After all, the judgements they hand down, are likely derived at, or assessed more through their effect on public opinion and perception, than any Big BooK of Pigskin Penal Code Violations.