All Saints* players' suspensions have been overturned

[Panthers4lyfe]

i could care less. vilma will miss most of the year anyways due to injury. and will smith is back, whoopdie friggin doo. cam will show them whats up next week. who cares who's on the field. were the superior team with a superior heart. lets go do the dang thing

[csx]

They may be able to play in Week 1, but this is not over.

This is a judge in the New Orleans district that made this decision. It will be appealed to a more conservative appeals judge.....and this decision will likely be overturned.

According to PFT this was a ruling by an appeals panel and not the judge and is final.

[carolina-chuck]

I dnt care. Vilma is slow and have played poorly now. I just wanted the dude to suffer, I guess I wont get to laugh at him anymore.

Well, that make Goodell looks fuggn retarded.

[Highlandfire]

Goodell just got his nuts chopped off.

Yep. All his authority has just been destroyed. The owners need to move to have him removed as commissioner and get someone else in there asap.

[Gallagher]

[Nine_Lives]

Not a fan of Goodell and i'm glad this came back to slap him in the face.

[Darth Biscuit]

OK, PFT just put this up...

http://profootballta...e-commissioner/

“While we agree, then, that the Commissioner had jurisdiction to discipline the Players in this case, we are uncertain that the discipline handed down was attributable, in any part, to that aspect of the Program which lies within the exclusive jurisdiction of the System Arbitrator,” Howell writes. “While we could speculate, it is not clear from the record before us whether had the distinction we draw in mind at the time he disciplined the players.”

So essentially this ruling by the panel is kicking it back to Goodell to review and re-issue "punishment" IF it's appropriate for him to do so...

The panel is apparenlty confused as to whether Goodell punished the players for violating the CBA by receiving money that isn't accounted for in their contracts or whether he punished them for the conduct of trying to injure other players... because depending on which of those things they are being punished for, Goodell may not have the authority to impose punishment.

So basically the panel said "watchu talkin' 'bout Willis?"

[Gallagher]

Not a fan of Goodell and i'm glad this came back to slap him in the face.

Dude, seriously change your sig. You can adopt a Skin over at Redskins Nation or whatever the hell their forum is called. Even if Kerrigan were a Panther, I'd find that gif annoying as fug.

[Woodcookedbbq]

Let's see if Alejandro has the will power to keep from commenting in this thread.

[Care-Oh-Linuh]

Dude, seriously change your sig. You can adopt a Skin over at Redskins Nation or whatever the hell their forum is called. Even is Kerrigan were a Panther, I'd find that gif annoying as fug.

I respectfully agree.

[Floppin]

Let's see if Alejandro has the will power to keep from commenting in this thread.

Well if you see Bigfan12 show up, that's him.

[Tarheels23]

As a Panthers fan, I'm glad the suspensions got lifted. I hate the Saints*, but I hate Goodell and his dictatorship ways even more.

[Nine_Lives]

Dude, seriously change your sig. You can adopt a Skin over at Redskins Nation or whatever the hell their forum is called. Even if Kerrigan were a Panther, I'd find that gif annoying as fug.

Better? I try to get along with everyone : )

[Mr. Scot]

So essentially this ruling by the panel is kicking it back to Goodell to review and re-issue "punishment" IF it's appropriate for him to do so...

The panel is apparenlty confused as to whether Goodell punished the players for violating the CBA by receiving money that isn't accounted for in their contracts or whether he punished them for the conduct of trying to injure other players... because depending on which of those things they are being punished for, Goodell may not have the authority to impose punishment.

So basically the panel said "watchu talkin' 'bout Willis?"

Meaning that, realistically, he could just reissue the suspensions with better wording.