Demaurice Smith wants Goodell/NFL to apologise to saints

TheOak · 12-12-2012, 02:31 PM

Originally Posted by saintfan

I'm pretty sure the power was already there for the most part. The players wanted to strip away at it - and rightfully so - but gave in to get other things.

No one could have known Roger would abuse his authority to the degree that he has. It is unprecedented.

New CBA, no one had anything until it was signed.

In legal contracts you do not assume ............
fkit.. Just cant reach some people.

saintfan · 12-12-2012, 02:40 PM

Originally Posted by TheOak

New CBA, no one had anything until it was signed.

In legal contracts you do not assume ............
fkit.. Just cant reach some people.

There was already a framework in place - history. And yes it WAS a new CBA, and yes the players DID attempt to whittle away at Roger's power, and yes they did make a decision to leverage that against things like fewer full go practices and 18 games.

It was a calculated risk, but in their defense they could not assume Roger would go bat chit crazy the way he did.

12-12-2012, 02:31 PM	#1
TheOak 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Cypress Tx. Posts: 19,043	Re: Demaurice Smith wants Goodell/NFL to apologise to saints Originally Posted by saintfan I'm pretty sure the power was already there for the most part. The players wanted to strip away at it - and rightfully so - but gave in to get other things. No one could have known Roger would abuse his authority to the degree that he has. It is unprecedented. New CBA, no one had anything until it was signed. In legal contracts you do not assume ............ fkit.. Just cant reach some people.

12-12-2012, 02:40 PM	#2
saintfan Donated Plasma Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 18,556 Blog Entries: 5	Re: Demaurice Smith wants Goodell/NFL to apologise to saints Originally Posted by TheOak New CBA, no one had anything until it was signed. In legal contracts you do not assume ............ fkit.. Just cant reach some people. There was already a framework in place - history. And yes it WAS a new CBA, and yes the players DID attempt to whittle away at Roger's power, and yes they did make a decision to leverage that against things like fewer full go practices and 18 games. It was a calculated risk, but in their defense they could not assume Roger would go bat chit crazy the way he did.

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