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RobofSWVA Donating Member (104 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-19-07 10:12 AM
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16. just because they did it in the past doesn't make it right.
I didn't like how they jumped the gun before packman was convicted and if they do the same to Vick I still won't like it. The policy needs to change. Now is as good a time as any.
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  -NFL will allow Vick to play, report says RamboLiberal  Jul-19-07 09:51 AM   #0 
  - I knew Vick would get Scootered  rudy23   Jul-19-07 09:55 AM   #1 
  - Scootered?  DefenseLawyer   Jul-19-07 09:59 AM   #3 
     - I kid, I kid. But you know Goodell is not going to come down on one of his biggest stars  rudy23   Jul-19-07 11:13 AM   #37 
  - i think fans should just NOT SHOW to games  ProdigalJunkMail   Jul-19-07 09:56 AM   #2 
  - Are you boycotting the Duke lacrosse program too?  DefenseLawyer   Jul-19-07 10:00 AM   #5 
  - always have, always will  ProdigalJunkMail   Jul-19-07 10:14 AM   #18 
     - Legally he doesn't have to prove himself innocent......  BlackVelvet04   Jul-19-07 10:24 AM   #23 
     - really, i never knew that :sarcasm:  ProdigalJunkMail   Jul-19-07 10:26 AM   #25 
     - Wow, you live in a different country than I do  DefenseLawyer   Jul-19-07 11:10 AM   #35 
        - ok...i won't...but will you when this comes to fruition?  ProdigalJunkMail   Jul-19-07 11:27 AM   #39 
  - Attendance makes up a tiny portion of NFL revenue  taterguy   Jul-19-07 10:01 AM   #6 
     - true, that  ProdigalJunkMail   Jul-19-07 10:15 AM   # 
  - Why wouldn't they? He hasn't been convicted of anything.  RGBolen   Jul-19-07 09:59 AM   #4 
  - So the only time players have been disciplined by the NFL  Goblinmonger   Jul-19-07 10:01 AM   #7 
     - Not when one of their franchisees are paying the amount of money Vick is getting  RGBolen   Jul-19-07 10:05 AM   #8 
     - even if the nfl has jumped the gun in the past  RobofSWVA   Jul-19-07 10:08 AM   #11 
     - It was not about "innocence" in the past  Goblinmonger   Jul-19-07 10:09 AM   #13 
        - just because they did it in the past doesn't make it right.  RobofSWVA   Jul-19-07 10:12 AM   #16 
           - They didn't "jump the gun." That's the point  Goblinmonger   Jul-19-07 10:14 AM   #19 
     - Well, right now there's a legal presumption Vick is innocent.  eyesroll   Jul-19-07 10:10 AM   #15 
        - They suspended Pacman Jones for a year  Goblinmonger   Jul-19-07 10:13 AM   #17 
        - violating probation and being charged with a crime are a bit different  RGBolen   Jul-19-07 10:15 AM   #20 
        - Jones didn't violate probation  Goblinmonger   Jul-19-07 10:23 AM   #22 
           - State of West Va says he did  RGBolen   Jul-19-07 10:26 AM   #26 
              - Are you talking about the 2005 deal?  Goblinmonger   Jul-19-07 10:31 AM   #28 
                 - The NFL can use whatever it wants. These things are completely arbitrary  RGBolen   Jul-19-07 10:33 AM   #29 
                    - I know they can do whatever they want.  Goblinmonger   Jul-19-07 10:47 AM   #33 
        - True...football is a business, first and foremost.  eyesroll   Jul-19-07 10:25 AM   #24 
           - Maybe he did get a better contract  Goblinmonger   Jul-19-07 10:34 AM   #30 
        - Every NFL contract has a morals clause  Poiuyt   Jul-19-07 10:20 AM   #21 
  - Pacman Jones hasn't yet been convicted of anything  Tinman   Jul-19-07 10:06 AM   #9 
  - Bingo  bicentennial_baby   Jul-19-07 10:07 AM   #10 
  - That was my point up in #7.  Goblinmonger   Jul-19-07 10:08 AM   #12 
  - and this doesn't suprise me....  bleedingheart   Jul-19-07 10:09 AM   #14 
  - I would never pay to go inside one of the games because I would never willing give Arthur Blank my $  RubyDuby in GA   Jul-19-07 10:27 AM   #27 
  - justice means nothing anymore.  alyce douglas   Jul-19-07 10:36 AM   #31 
  - Talent trumps all in sports. Pros and Cons...  genie_weenie   Jul-19-07 10:44 AM   #32 
  - He'll have a criminal trial, but he has no right to keep his high profile job  Strawman   Jul-19-07 10:56 AM   #34 
  - But they can no longer play 'Who Let the Dogs Out!" over the sound system ....  JacquesMolay   Jul-19-07 11:11 AM   #36 
  - I'm so glad the Falcon's didn't keep Schaub. I want Vick to stay on the team, I think he's a cancer  rudy23   Jul-19-07 11:17 AM   #38 
  - You Saints fans.  Goblinmonger   Jul-19-07 11:35 AM   #40 
     - When it comes to the Falcons, I'll take it any way I can get it.  rudy23   Jul-19-07 12:03 PM   #42 
  - That Shows Monumentally Bad Judgment On Their Part. I'm In Awe.  OPERATIONMINDCRIME   Jul-19-07 11:47 AM   #41 
 

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