NFLPA denied access to question Saints

hitta · 03-15-2012, 08:38 PM

According to Jim Trotter of Sports Illustrated, the NFLPA has been denied access by the NFL to question the Saints on the bounty allegations. They also refused to postpone decisions on the penalties as the NFLPA asked.

Quite frankly, I'm extremely annoyed by this. Seriously, wtf? This whole thing feels sketchy.

Byubengal · 03-15-2012, 08:49 PM

Seems to me that the NFL may be hiding something and they do not want the NFLPA to know about it. This will probably open another can of worms for the NFL to deal with.

gandhi1007 · 03-15-2012, 09:25 PM

Please, please, please let this blow up in the league's face & cause Goodell to step down.

SmashMouth · 03-15-2012, 09:37 PM

Can they deny access?

hitta · 03-15-2012, 09:40 PM

Originally Posted by SmashMouth

Can they deny access?

Apparently.

|Mitch| · 03-15-2012, 09:41 PM

I still don't understand how the Saints can be singled out in this whole ordeal. Didn't the NFL already say that Gregg Williams' former teams were being investigated as well?

hitta · 03-15-2012, 09:45 PM

Originally Posted by |Mitch|

I still don't understand how the Saints can be singled out in this whole ordeal. Didn't the NFL already say that Gregg Williams' former teams were being investigated as well?

I have this feeling also, that they are misinterpreting what the Saints were doing because of the language. "Knock out" hits and cart off hits, doesn't necessarily mean that the Saints were playing outside the rules, only that they were trying to put some good legal hits. Gregg Williams has always been known to use some very aggressive vocabulary, and I really think the fixation those terms has been over-done on by the media and possibly Roger Goodell.

Rugby Saint II · 03-15-2012, 09:54 PM

The NFLPA needs Drew to make it work.

saintfan · 03-15-2012, 11:07 PM

They aren't misinterpreting - at least I don't think so. I think the league knows full well that the Saints weren't doing anything that wasn't commonplace. I think the league sees the documentation of what the Saints were doing as an opportunity to act. I still think is all pre-trial posturing. The league is already working on what it will do when all these poor disgruntled concussed former players get their day in court.

hitta · 03-15-2012, 11:12 PM

Originally Posted by saintfan

They aren't misinterpreting - at least I don't think so. I think the league knows full well that the Saints weren't doing anything that wasn't commonplace. I think the league sees the documentation of what the Saints were doing as an opportunity to act. I still think is all pre-trial posturing. The league is already working on what it will do when all these poor disgruntled concussed former players get their day in court.

Well I don't think the league is misinterpreting(though it's possible I suppose), though the whole thing is horribly misrepresented in the media. They act as if our defense was going out their with switch blades or something. The media spinning it out of control because they probably have read too hard between the lines allows them to leverage a stiffer penalty; which they will use to enforce whatever agenda they have in the future.

03-15-2012, 08:38 PM	#1
hitta 1000 Posts + Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,324	NFLPA denied access to question Saints According to Jim Trotter of Sports Illustrated, the NFLPA has been denied access by the NFL to question the Saints on the bounty allegations. They also refused to postpone decisions on the penalties as the NFLPA asked. Quite frankly, I'm extremely annoyed by this. Seriously, wtf? This whole thing feels sketchy.
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gandhi1007 Part Time Pimp Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,967	Please, please, please let this blow up in the league's face & cause Goodell to step down. saintfan, Ashley and frydaddy like this.

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hitta 1000 Posts + Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,324	Originally Posted by SmashMouth Can they deny access? Apparently.
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\|Mitch\| 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Alexandria, La Posts: 11,303	I still don't understand how the Saints can be singled out in this whole ordeal. Didn't the NFL already say that Gregg Williams' former teams were being investigated as well? SloMotion likes this.

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hitta 1000 Posts + Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,324	Originally Posted by \|Mitch\| I still don't understand how the Saints can be singled out in this whole ordeal. Didn't the NFL already say that Gregg Williams' former teams were being investigated as well? I have this feeling also, that they are misinterpreting what the Saints were doing because of the language. "Knock out" hits and cart off hits, doesn't necessarily mean that the Saints were playing outside the rules, only that they were trying to put some good legal hits. Gregg Williams has always been known to use some very aggressive vocabulary, and I really think the fixation those terms has been over-done on by the media and possibly Roger Goodell.
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Byubengal Registered Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Summerville, South Carolina Posts: 44	Seems to me that the NFL may be hiding something and they do not want the NFLPA to know about it. This will probably open another can of worms for the NFL to deal with.

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saintfan Donated Plasma Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 18,556 Blog Entries: 5	They aren't misinterpreting - at least I don't think so. I think the league knows full well that the Saints weren't doing anything that wasn't commonplace. I think the league sees the documentation of what the Saints were doing as an opportunity to act. I still think is all pre-trial posturing. The league is already working on what it will do when all these poor disgruntled concussed former players get their day in court. SloMotion likes this.

03-15-2012, 11:12 PM	#10
hitta 1000 Posts + Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,324	Originally Posted by saintfan They aren't misinterpreting - at least I don't think so. I think the league knows full well that the Saints weren't doing anything that wasn't commonplace. I think the league sees the documentation of what the Saints were doing as an opportunity to act. I still think is all pre-trial posturing. The league is already working on what it will do when all these poor disgruntled concussed former players get their day in court. Well I don't think the league is misinterpreting(though it's possible I suppose), though the whole thing is horribly misrepresented in the media. They act as if our defense was going out their with switch blades or something. The media spinning it out of control because they probably have read too hard between the lines allows them to leverage a stiffer penalty; which they will use to enforce whatever agenda they have in the future.
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