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^ Yeah, he said he was going to change it back before he got married.

Pretty cool story regarding Brandon Jacobs: in summary, a six-year old New York Giants fan sent Brandon Jacons and hand written letter with the contents of his piggybank (about $3) because he heard Jacobs signed with the 49ers.

Well, Jacobs gave the kid his money back - in person. Jacobs took the kid and his brother out to a bounce house for the day.

Good for Jacobs.

https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-...-jacobs-gets-3-36-mail-six-old-224310864.html

https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-...jacobs-fan-gets-3-36-back-061716774--nfl.html
 
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Darth Cruel said:
As if the Vikings needed another hurdle to jump over...que Percy Harvin.
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Percy Harvin is a game changer for a guy that plays the slot receiver. He's the Vikings' best player along with Peterson and Allen.

He's not going anywhere and he won't be traded. He will play for the Vikings in game 1 of the season barring an injury.

FLOSI said:
Hard to think that they could even get all that much for him because of the migraine issues. Talented? Yes. Dependable? No...
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His migraine issues are all but gone. His missed game time two seasons ago.
 
from the above article....


Exhibit 10: This is the most controversial exhibit. There are many different layers here and none of them good for the NFL.

The key part of this exhibit is the chart that details alleged bounty payouts. I'm told by a source close to the situation that this information came from the infamous ledger. One of the key pieces of information from this exhibit is about assistant Joe Vitt and says “Vitt--$5,000 QB out pool.”

Many of us in the media pointed to this as a key component in the NFL's case. It seemed like proof, hardened proof, of a bounty system. When the NFL invited a dozen members of the media into its offices this was presented as proof as well. Seemed open and shut except it wasn't.

The NFL later admitted it wasn't able to corroborate that Vitt had actually done what the notation seemed to indicate that he had done. The NFL didn't make this fact particularly clear to the group of media and instead led us to believe this was in fact proof. This destroyed the league's credibility on this exhibit.

Grade: Big, fat, giant F
 
To me, it seems like they did it. And why would there be a written record of it if it did not happen?

However...the evidence the NFL seems to be offering would never, ever hold up in court.


If this is the kind of evidence that the NFL's whole case relies on...and I am not pretending to know the entire story...but if it is...the players should be able to eat them alive...without bath salts.
 
Darth Cruel said:
To me, it seems like they did it. And why would there be a written record of it if it did not happen?

However...the evidence the NFL seems to be offering would never, ever hold up in court.


If this is the kind of evidence that the NFL's whole case relies on...and I am not pretending to know the entire story...but if it is...the players should be able to eat them alive...without bath salts.
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The players have nothing to stand on. They signed a deal that gave power to godell. Plus lets not forget this only small sample of evidence. There is also testimony from other players. The NFL is not required to give up the names and wont.For the players to win anything it would require cba to be invalidated and that would be very bad for everyone.
 
Also it seems that this guy from CBS who I have seen said the evidence was poor.
 
From the above article.

After seeing evidence the NFL presented against him in last week's appeal hearing on the four players' suspensions, Fujita has more questions:

•_Why has the NFL linked him to bounties in its public statements, while its disciplinary letter announcing his suspension acknowledges there is no evidence he "pledged money toward a specific bounty" on a particular player?

•_Why does that same letter state he was a member of the Saints in the 2010 season, when he was with Cleveland? And what does that say about the quality of the investigation?

•_If the investigation was going on for parts of three years, why did no one contact him before the league's first report in March?

•_Why did Goodell twice call his personal phone after union attorneys notified the NFL they were representing Fujita, meaning Goodell was not supposed to call him without an NFLPA attorney on the line?
 
Darth Cruel said:
To me, it seems like they did it. And why would there be a written record of it if it did not happen?

However...the evidence the NFL seems to be offering would never, ever hold up in court.


If this is the kind of evidence that the NFL's whole case relies on...and I am not pretending to know the entire story...but if it is...the players should be able to eat them alive...without bath salts.
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To me it seems like the Saints had a very aggressive pay for performance program. Meaning the Saints paid players for big hits and cart offs. The NFL has already stated you can not have a pay for performance program (2007 NFL found Green Bay of having a pay for performance program and made them stop-no suspensions laid down). The real problem the Saints made was when they had Vilma offer up the 10k for Warner and Favre in the locker room, too many witnesses. This made it seem like a huge bounty system.
 
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And the NFL found they were running that a year or so earlier and told them to shut it down. The Saints not only kept doing it, but kept records of pay-outs for players' hits. That's why the Saints got slammed so hard.
 
EXOTICLEX said:
To me it seems like the Saints had a very aggressive pay for performance program. Meaning the Saints paid players for big hits and cart offs. The NFL has already stated you can not have a pay for performance program (2007 NFL found Green Bay of having a pay for performance program and made them stop-no suspensions laid down). The real problem the Saints made was when they had Vilma offer up the 10k for Warner and Favre in the locker room, too many witnesses. This made it seem like a huge bounty system.
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But wasn't it the WR's involving gift cards for drops in Green Bay not Cart offs and targeting players from the other team? I would bet (no pun intended) that almost all locker rooms still have bets like most sacks, most tackles, passes broken up, interceptions, catches, drops things of that nature but are told to keep it to themselves. To be honest I don't see anything wrong with stuff like that as long as it is between players (no coaches involved) and within the rules of the game.
 
Soooooooo, I was at a local mall today, and I noticed a sign that said Cam Newton was coming to the mall for a meet and greet/ autograph session.....and I got really excited until I saw the prices for a ticket...$125+. Is it just me or is that absurd? But hell, do I want to meet him.
 
Nuka Cola Kidd said:
Soooooooo, I was at a local mall today, and I noticed a sign that said Cam Newton was coming to the mall for a meet and greet/ autograph session.....and I got really excited until I saw the prices for a ticket...$125+. Is it just me or is that absurd? But hell, do I want to meet him.
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Bo Jackson was here a few months ago and I thought about getting him to sign my Bucs helmet (Not sure if he would have anyway) and he was asking $125 as well. Needless to say I don't have his autograph. I kind of understand them asking that much since most people will sell them but you have to figure at some point enough money is enough for the players.
 
Nuka Cola Kidd said:
Soooooooo, I was at a local mall today, and I noticed a sign that said Cam Newton was coming to the mall for a meet and greet/ autograph session.....and I got really excited until I saw the prices for a ticket...$125+. Is it just me or is that absurd? But hell, do I want to meet him.
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Man, that's big bucks! :horror

I guess that's the asking rate these days.
 
Ridiculous. They can keep the autographs for that money.


But I am reminded of a time when I walked into Wal-Mart in Victorville, CA...there was a former Raiders player there (not charging any money)...I don't even remember who it was, now. But there was absolutely nobody stopping to talk to him. Guys in Raiders jerseys would walk past him and be too embarassed to even look at him.


Despite the fact that I hate the Raiders so much that I would like to see the NFL stop scheduling games for them...permanently...I called my wife and asked her to look him up on the internet and get his stats so that I could at least go talk to him. I really hope more people stopped to talk to him after I left.
 
I find it amusing that people will pay $100's if not $1000's of dollars for toys and collectibles and think autographs and getting to meet a real person at $125 is crazy. :rotfl
 

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