Palmetto Proving Grounds

Went to check and see what this would cost Vilma...On 4/20/2012: Signed a two-year, $9.3 million contract. The deal included a $1 million signing bonus. Annual $100,000 offseason workout bonuses are available in each year. 2012: $1.6 million (+ $600,000 roster bonus),

So, he took $1 million already I guess, unless the Saints try to get that back, AND it cost him, potentially, $2.2 million? WOW. And he's already over 30 so he loses a year that he can never get back and he doesn't have many left.

Players union will appeal and get it reduced. Goodell just needs to look tough up front.

No way, they have specific evidence of him offering 10k to take out Favre and Warner. The players Union is in a catch-22. They also have to work to protect themselves from injury, and this is in direct opposition to that.

They got'em for endangering players safety over a 3 yr period. There is no way they get it reduced.

Goodell just opened the NFL up to some legal battles.

Perhaps, but there is lots of precedent in their favor that playing in the NFL is not a right. For example, the 3 year out of HS eligibility rule.

That is exactly what I think. They have a bigger responsibility for player safety.

I wonder why Goodell didn't come down hard like this on the Patriots. Taking away their 20 something pick and leaving them with the #8 pick(may have been higher) is not what you would consider harsh punishment. You don't think it had something to do with the Pats owner being responsible for the position that Goodell hold today? Nahhh. Not a fan of the saints and I don't think the punishment is to harsh but damn the patriots got off easy.