Vilma suing Goodell for defamation of character.

New Orleans Saints LB Jonathan Vilma sues NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for defamation - The Insider - The Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/football-insider/post/new-orleans-saints-lb-jonathan-vilma-sues-nfl-commissioner-roger-goodell-for-defamation/2012/05/17/gIQAHCVhWU_blog.html?wprss=rss_football-insider)

This could get interesting!

love the move. i highly doubt goodell lied, but the mere allegation paints him in a negative light and will give the dude (forget his name) hearing the skins&cowboys case reason to question the truthfulness of anything goodell tells him. thanks vilma!

Interesting, but I doubt it goes anywhere. I've heard some say the labor agreement trumps a litigation process and Vilma would likely have to file a grievance through the NFLPA instead.

New Orleans Saints LB Jonathan Vilma sues NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for defamation - The Insider - The Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/football-insider/post/new-orleans-saints-lb-jonathan-vilma-sues-nfl-commissioner-roger-goodell-for-defamation/2012/05/17/gIQAHCVhWU_blog.html?wprss=rss_football-insider)

This could get interesting!



This is a move only a desperate man would make,makes beleive he's quilty.

This is a move only a desperate man would make,makes beleive he's quilty.

So him not doing anything about it makes him not guilty?

I like it! Go for it.

Good for him. Suspending coaches...i somewhat understand. Suspending players...i don't get. Goodell is running the NFL like a dictatorship. He's supposed to work for the owners. I don't think Vilma was the leader of an organized pay for injury defense.

Good for him. Suspending coaches...i somewhat understand. Suspending players...i don't get. Goodell is running the NFL like a dictatorship. He's supposed to work for the owners. I don't think Vilma was the leader of an organized pay for injury defense.

so you don't believe in suspending the guys that went through with the bounty?

I swear, sometimes NFL fans baffle me.

You get situations where a player (who was being modestly paid by their team) overachieves on the field and demands to get paid more...the fan reaction is to berate the player, tell him to suck it up and that he should play his contract.

Then you get some moron (yes, he is a moron) who gets identified by a lengthy and probably thorough investigation on bounties. Basically says that he doesn't care about the accusations....the fan reaction is treat him like he's some type of victim.

So him not doing anything about it makes him not guilty?

AS someone else said go throught the process.Goodell is a lawyer and he has a boat load working for him he knows what he can say and can't.Had Vilma gone to the NFL when they contacted all the players who are envolved and responded like a grown up maybe he could have found out what evidence they have.He and the others ignored the calls by the NFL and now it is what it is.Goodell did'nt just make this up...people came foward,players came forward,the team was told to do something about it multiple times,sorry I believe Rodger would'nt have done a whole year suspention had he not had proof.