A Miscarriage of Justice

Utah_Saint · 08-31-2012, 09:05 PM

Last year we all saw a player who literally stomped on a player laying on the turf. He got two games.

Vilma didn't hurt anybody. He got 16 games. 8 times worse. Makes no sense.

SloMotion · 09-01-2012, 07:29 AM

Originally Posted by Utah_Saint

Last year we all saw a player who literally stomped on a player laying on the turf. He got two games.

Vilma didn't hurt anybody. He got 16 games. 8 times worse. Makes no sense.

I went on record with the opinion he should have been suspended for the remainder of the season for that little stunt & for the immature way he refused to accept responsibility for his actions, but moving on ...

These two quotes from the link sum it up for me:

... some punishments simply don’t make sense. I understand that the NFL has to protect the integrity of the game. But would anyone in the league office or NFLPA have the guts to go on national television and tell America they believe someone getting paid extra for hard hits (or injecting steroids, etc) is truly a worse offense than putting the lives of innocent people at risk by driving drunk? If they can, then the NFL and NFLPA truly have no soul. But that may very well be the case, when you consider past precedent.

The NFL and NFLPA should sit down together and agree to a revision of the collective bargaining agreement that increases the punishments for potentially deadly crimes such as driving under the influence. Until both sides show solidarity and recognize that there are some things more important than the game of football, it will be hard to take punishments such as the suspension of Jon Vilma seriously.

08-31-2012, 09:05 PM	#1
Utah_Saint Site Donor 2019 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 3,521	Re: A Miscarriage of Justice Last year we all saw a player who literally stomped on a player laying on the turf. He got two games. Vilma didn't hurt anybody. He got 16 games. 8 times worse. Makes no sense. Halo, UK_WhoDat, QBREES9 and 1 others like this.

09-01-2012, 07:29 AM	#2
SloMotion 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 6,776 Blog Entries: 15	Re: A Miscarriage of Justice Originally Posted by Utah_Saint Last year we all saw a player who literally stomped on a player laying on the turf. He got two games. Vilma didn't hurt anybody. He got 16 games. 8 times worse. Makes no sense. I went on record with the opinion he should have been suspended for the remainder of the season for that little stunt & for the immature way he refused to accept responsibility for his actions, but moving on ... These two quotes from the link sum it up for me: ... some punishments simply don’t make sense. I understand that the NFL has to protect the integrity of the game. But would anyone in the league office or NFLPA have the guts to go on national television and tell America they believe someone getting paid extra for hard hits (or injecting steroids, etc) is truly a worse offense than putting the lives of innocent people at risk by driving drunk? If they can, then the NFL and NFLPA truly have no soul. But that may very well be the case, when you consider past precedent. The NFL and NFLPA should sit down together and agree to a revision of the collective bargaining agreement that increases the punishments for potentially deadly crimes such as driving under the influence. Until both sides show solidarity and recognize that there are some things more important than the game of football, it will be hard to take punishments such as the suspension of Jon Vilma seriously.

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