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Re: 2013 video emerges of Saints' Junior Galette striking woman with belt; NFL aware

Headed to IR. Injury settlement. Gone. Guess/Wishful thinking.

Re: 2013 video emerges of Saints' Junior Galette striking woman with belt; NFL aware

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Originally Posted by saintsfan1976 (Post 658480)

Tough video to watch...

While it's easy to see that Galette hits a woman with a belt twice, we have no context surrounding the events that lead to that video.

I did see a man and woman approaching Galette who both seemed to be in attack mode. This is where Jr. could have and should have back peddled his way out of it.

Instead he lashes out wildly and hits a woman at least once on purpose.

The fact that he re-entered the fight is also bad.

That's a fair, wise approach as due process is a shared value, at least in our part of the country; of course, his lawyers will try to construct a narrative that puts a favorable spin on this; but, as you say, he re-entered the fray...

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Originally Posted by saintsfan1976 (Post 658480)

Here's my thing:

If this happened in 2013 when did the NFL receive the tape?

Was it sent to the same office as the Ray Rice video? Same desk? Same person??

Did the NFL see the video and if so, why didn't they take action?

Great points and question, and that's the elephant in the room, isn't it?!?

Saints sent in the tape per reports, but the exact date hasn't been disclosed, yet...

The NFL owners should have relieved the Commissioner of his duties after he fumbled the Ray Rice, Ravens Disaster where he clearly showed bias and indifference to their organization...

So what is the League waiting on?!? Where's the quick, decisive action?!?

Note: Would a younger, healthier, dare we say 'competent', Tom Benson had stood up and begged that question?!?

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Originally Posted by saintsfan1976 (Post 658481)

Regardless, the right action is to fine and suspend this kid.

The NFL has no stated rules on this, only precedent...

Sadly, we've become a nation ruled by precedent, not concise, clear law...

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Originally Posted by saintsfan1976 (Post 658481)

Selfishly, I want his contract voided to protect the team.

If not, have you ever thought of a better reason to burn $10 million?

This is on Loomis...

This is why you don't rush out and extend a contract because you're concerned about getting out ahead of the cap...

Junior had one season of "Will Smith sack numbers" while even in that season, teams had started to figure out you could run past him...

(defined, Will Smith Sack Numbers are those stats that put a pass rusher among league leaders even though the stats are skewed because they came in bunches against inferior, back-up offensive linemen and said pass rusher was totally ineffective against regular starting offensive linemen; i.e. three, three-sack games and a couple of half-sacks)...

Nonetheless, Saints should never have a player in a contract that doesn't offer the flexibility to move/trade the player or outright release him...

Re: 2013 video emerges of Saints' Junior Galette striking woman with belt; NFL aware

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Originally Posted by AsylumGuido (Post 658442)

One logical reason why the Saints would be sharing this video would be to trigger some sort of moral clause in his contract. If this is the fact then the Saints could vacate some or all of his cap hit ... maybe even the current year's.

Sounds logical.

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Originally Posted by saintsfan1976 (Post 658480)

Tough video to watch...

While it's easy to see that Galette hits a woman with a belt twice, we have no context surrounding the events that lead to that video.

I did see a man and woman approaching Galette who both seemed to be in attack mode. This is where Jr. could have and should have back peddled his way out of it.

Instead he lashes out wildly and hits a woman at least once on purpose.

The fact that he re-entered the fight is also bad.

Here's my thing:

If this happened in 2013 when did the NFL receive the tape?

Was it sent to the same office as the Ray Rice video? Same desk? Same person??

Did the NFL see the video and if so, why didn't they take action?

Pretty much sums up what I'm seeing in the video ... guy in the blue shorts looks to me like probably the catalyst to the whole situation ... him & Junior (allegedly) are fighting, over what? A woman at the beach? Who knows. Fight breaks up & then he's (blue-shorts guy) at it again with a female, possibly one of Junior's (allegedly) entourage, so Junior (allegedly) re-enters the fray, #shrug. This guy/JG (allegedly) needs to start hanging out with a different crowd, #shrug.

Why'd it take 2yrs to surface? You'd figure if it was JG, the ambulance-chasers woulda' been on it quicker than that, :neutral:.

Re: 2013 video emerges of Saints' Junior Galette striking woman with belt; NFL aware

Are there that many JG doppelgängers running around?!?

Re: 2013 video emerges of Saints' Junior Galette striking woman with belt; NFL aware

Ive been in a lot of Brawls where Im being out numbered and if u wasn't my click I was swinging regardless of who was approaching, but dude was whoopin asses with belts. That's messed up.

Re: 2013 video emerges of Saints' Junior Galette striking woman with belt; NFL aware

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Originally Posted by Danno (Post 658423)

Question to our legal beagles...

If this wasn't Galette, as his lawyer suggests, can he sue the media for claiming it was him if it wasn't?

Are you kidding? If a lawyer can be found that will bring a case against McDonalds because their coffee is, you know, hot, then a lawyer can be found to sue the pants off the people responsible for "tarnishing his good reputation".

You'll have to forgive me. My experience in Family Court has tainted my view on our "world's best" legal system...

Re: 2013 video emerges of Saints' Junior Galette striking woman with belt; NFL aware

So if the message of this past offseason was

"You don't belong here if you don't have the right attitude"

Then that to me says that Galettes days SHOULD be numbered.

As much as we like Loomis, he screwed the pooch with this one, wrong guy to give that kind of contract to.

Re: 2013 video emerges of Saints' Junior Galette striking woman with belt; NFL aware