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04-16-2012, 11:46 AM | #1 |
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NFL.com reporter says Jon Vilma bracing for 2-6 game suspension
nfl.com — Jonathan Vilma is bracing for a suspension between two to eight games, according to sources who have been in contact with the New Orleans Saints linebacker. Vilma, his representatives and the NFL Players Association are unsure of exactly what discipline will be handed down at this point, but with Vilma the only player named in information released to the public, the player expects the discipline to be at least a few games, sources said.
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Well from what I heard, that's what Payton thought he was getting before his suspension came down, so I get the feeling that Vilma is going to be out of football for a long, long time. I think it's going to be no less than a year if not indefinite.
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04-16-2012, 12:16 PM | #3 |
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I don't think the NFLPA will let that happen, besides they have to see some evidence first and the NFL won't give it up...
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This sounds positive. I'd be happy with him getting 2 to 6 games if they have some evidence of his guilt, but I'd naturally prefer none of the players to be suspended.
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04-16-2012, 01:29 PM | #6 |
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Payton thought the same thing, look where that got him.
Not to be a downer - but Vilma put up 10k, made a target. Just as guilty as Williams. |
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Originally Posted by BGWhoDat
I don't know about that, since it was GW who instituted this practice in the scale it was, and administered the whole thing. I just wonder if they actually have evidence about the 10K or if it's all just circumstantial and hear-say. |
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Originally Posted by FinSaint
Well, of course they'd need to prove that he actually did it. I agree there. I'm just thinking in Goodell's eyes, Williams and Vilma go hand to hand if Vilma did that. Can't see anything under a season suspension for him. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong. But if I'm the Commissioner and if I'm following logic of it - Vilma is promoting the same act by doing this that Williams was promoting. Therefore a year suspension is in tact.
Just my thinking. |
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Although, Vilma is himself part of the group this type of a practice harms the most - the players themselves. But in case of GW, he was a staff member who should've had more sense than to promote this type of activity.
I just think that Goodell will have a fight on his hands with the NFLPA if he hands out year-long suspensions, because those will serve as precedents, which the players' association surely doesn't want. |
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Originally Posted by FinSaint
Anything he hands out will definitely be appealed. I don't know. I try not to predict the outcome of these things because Goodell is unpredictable by all means. I'm just thinking if Vilma gets lets say, 6-8 games. No one else should get more than one game. Easily.
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