Saints Players Win Appeal
 

Per Adam Schefter's tweet:

With Saints winning appeal, suspensions are voided as Roger Goodell doesn't have jurisdiction and Stephen Burbank does.

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Wow. Huge news.

Now, about our cap penalty...

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Well good, now they won't be so angry and we should have an easy time trouncing them complacent ****s :)

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Does this mean Vilma plays on Sunday???

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^ Yeah thats my only concern is does Will Smith and Vilma play now?

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Will Smith [B]is[/B] starting.


Vilma's coming off a couple of knee surgeries so it doesn't matter, he'll be rusty and slow.

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[url=http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8349080/sources-suspensions-jonathan-vilma-smith-scott-fujita-anthony-hargrove-overturned-arbitration-panel]Sources -- Suspensions for Jonathan Vilma, Will Smith, Scott Fujita, Anthony Hargrove overturned by arbitration panel - ESPN[/url]

Per ESPN. They playing this week?

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So this has no impact on Payton's (and Vitt's) suspension? Interesting that the players will be cleared but the coach has to sit out an entire year...

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[quote=BleedBurgundy;937590]So this has no impact on Payton's (and Vitt's) suspension? Interesting that the players will be cleared but the coach has to sit out an entire year...[/quote]

Did the coaches appeal?

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starting to unravel.......hope we get some $$$$ back, though Im not banking on it.

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[quote=skinsguy;937591]Did the coaches appeal?[/quote]

Guess not... I remember Payton accepting his punishment, seems like a bad call in hindsight. I didn't know if the arbitrator had authority to vacate all suspensions or just those of the players appealing.

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Good for them. The league went overboard with these suspensions.

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Adam Schefter:
"With Saints suspensions overturned, players are eligible to play this weekend. Talk about a can of worms being opened on eve of 2012 season."

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I'm going to play conspiracy theorist for a second, even though I don't really believe it:

Doesn't it seem weird for the NFL to do come to this decision 2 days before our game against the saints? It seems very similar to the way they hit the Skins with the salary cap penalty right before free agency.

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Ha..does kind of make you go hhhmmm.....