Suspensions ('Pork Chop' Grady Free!)
by iRonin on Dec 2, 2008 6:11 PM EST
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The NFL has ruled on the appeals from 7 suspensions and Atlanta comes out as the unquestioned winner.
1.) Atlanta's Grady Jackson was NOT suspended, he, in fact, won his appeal.
2.) Next week's opponents, the New Orleans Saints lost Deuce McCallister, Will Smith and Charles Grant.
3.) Future opponent Minnesota loses Kevin and Pat Williams.
The suspended players are seeking an injunction in Federal Court to remain on the field. They'll file at least a temporary injunction while they attempt to land a permanent injunction. I have no information or opinion on the likelihood of success of these... I'd guess low. I'm pretty sure the NFL is mostly allowed to run its own league how it pleases.
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This is better than we could have dreamed!!
I was willing to trade Grady for Smith, McCallister, and the Williamses, but this is freaking awesome news. I wonder how in the world Grady got off. Nobody really seems to have info on how he pulled it off. Must have one hell of a lawyer. This injunction might delay, or even get rid of, some of the other suspensions, but at least our boy is in the clear. I’m astounded. I mean, the Falcons never get breaks like this!
by SG Standard on Dec 2, 2008 6:15 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Grady Jackson's Lawyer.
Grady Jackson’s lawyer is a pimp.
I remember when he sued Atlanta for disclosure of private medical records (despite my love for Atlanta, I felt Grady was in the right for filing suit), and Atlanta settled the case. He’s clearly kicking rear and taking names.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again:
I <3 Grady Jackson’s Lawyer.
We’ve heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true.
by iRonin on Dec 2, 2008 6:18 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Grady
Should learn a lesson from this. Be EXTRA sure. As in maybe just send a letter (to the people who do the testing) before taking anything. But good for him.
"You never know what I'm going to do..."
- Michael Vick (Palm Beach Post 11/6/2005)
by jamesrael on Dec 2, 2008 8:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
This just proves
that God is a Falcons fan and that Grady Jackson’s lawyer will be president one day.
"The nice thing about supporting a bedraggled-cum-decent team? Watching all those analysts eat their words."
by tlozwarlock on Dec 2, 2008 6:55 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Holey smokes, Bullwinkle!
There must be some kind of supernatural entity guarding this team from bad luck. What were the odds that Grady would be the ONLY ONE to beat the rap? What a run of good fortune for the Falcons this year.
by tom slick on Dec 2, 2008 7:05 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
"HOKEY smokes"
Rocket J. Squirrel is rolling in his little grave.
by tom slick on Dec 2, 2008 7:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Kickin' it old school
"You never know what I'm going to do..."
- Michael Vick (Palm Beach Post 11/6/2005)
by jamesrael on Dec 2, 2008 8:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
We aren't out of the woods yet
According to the AJC, Grady’s case is still pending. The league requested more information on him. He isn’t suspended yet, but it could still come down later. The good thing about this is the league is unlikely to suspend him this late in the week. If it is still being looked into in the morning, I imagine he will be around at least for the Saints game.
by SG Standard on Dec 2, 2008 7:25 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
If the incoming administration is any indication...
…We’ll have a lot of lawyers running this country. The profession we like the least, running the country we love the most. And that about a B?
by Tron5000 on Dec 2, 2008 7:39 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
There are LOTS of ethical, reasonable, hard-working lawyers out there
"You never know what I'm going to do..."
- Michael Vick (Palm Beach Post 11/6/2005)
by jamesrael on Dec 2, 2008 8:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That's not nice
I enjoy a good lawyer joke as much as anyone, but geez, you dump on them massively.
by tom slick on Dec 2, 2008 8:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Professions
That’s because everyone hates half the lawyers, the OTHER half.
It’s an adversarial system, and for the most part, statistically speaking no one ever hates “their” lawyer, otherwise they wouldn’t pay him the buttload of money they pay him. However, the OTHER guy is always some shady character who’s willing to twist and contort the law to serve his own manipulative ends. However, there’s someone sitting on the other table, who thinks HIS lawyer is great and your lawyer is some shady character who’s willing to twist and contort the law to serve his own manipulative ends.
You know the Shakespeare line about “kill all the lawyers”? It’s not a joke, the full thrust of things is basically for tyranny to prevail we must first kill all the lawyers, although, because apparently lawyers are all jackasses it’s been manipulated over the years, but the concept still holds true. If you couldn’t hire your own WMD to burn through the nonsensical jargon and police powers of the government you’d simply be buried under the paperwork of it all. No business licenses. No contracts. No safeguards from idiots. You can’t just turn the system over to “common sense” because surprising degree of it is already based on that standard (negligence actions are found on whether or not the person acted “reasonably” i.e. common sense), and the law is STILL a giant mess to navigate.
Everyone laughs when lady spills hot coffee on herself and sues McDonald’s because, ha ha, coffee’s supposed to be hot lady, duh! Of course, what they don’t tell you is that she got third degree burns on 6% of body. Now, ask yourself, have you ever spilled coffee? Did it result in 3rd degree burns? It’s because Mikey D’s was storing their coffee at almost 200 degrees, without thinking about what happens when someone spills the stuff.
Like I said, lawyers get a bad rap, but when you absolutely, positively have to extract justice from every mo’ fo’ in the room, accept no substitutes.
~iRonin
Law Student.
We’ve heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true.
by iRonin on Dec 3, 2008 1:53 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
A thousand claps for you
and, as an English grad, I’m loving the Shakespeare reference.
"The nice thing about supporting a bedraggled-cum-decent team? Watching all those analysts eat their words."
by tlozwarlock on Dec 3, 2008 2:14 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Not to mention
the lawyers in the Justice Department who actually protect our Constitutional rights, and prosecute people like Tim McVeigh.
The lawyers who handled my Dad’s estate taxes, and got us kids an extra $200K we didn’t know we were entitled to.
The lawyer who handled my possession case when I was a stupid teenager. My poor judgment could have really screwed up my young life, but he helped save my butt. Literally!
Lawyers are as essential to society as doctors and cops, and that even includes Rich McKay. Cheers!
by tom slick on Dec 3, 2008 4:04 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, I agree
Lawyers are absolutely essential for the preservation of justice in this country. I’m not at all trying to put down attorneys. I just find it ironic than many people rank lawyers among the people they least trust, yet they are constantly elected by the people into positions of power (mayors, governors, congressmen, president). That strikes me as odd.
by Tron5000 on Dec 3, 2008 10:40 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Like I said...
It’s because everyone likes their attorney. It’s the other people’s attorney that everyone hates.
There’s the same perception about politicians, too. Most people feel like their representatives are rocking it strong, but it’s the other guys who are screwing up the system. :-)
We’ve heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true.
by iRonin on Dec 3, 2008 11:13 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Lawyers and McDonalds
iRonin – you only tell half the tale. McDonald’s had had other cases of people in their drive-up buying a cup of their very hot coffee, putting it between their legs, and driving off, and spilling and getting burned badly. When it happened to this lady, McDonald’s had consciously made the decision to keep on doing it, because the hotter you brew the coffee, the better it is. They knew people would get burned, but made the decision to keep on with the hot stuff because it made sense financially. This one lady got really badly burned, and lots of people scoff at lawyers because she recovered a lot of money (she was really burned bad).
This is like the Ford Pinto case in the mid 70’s. Ford knew their Pintos had defective gas tanks but made the financial decision not to recall them. Internal memos showed they knew people would get burned badly (if rear ended) but it seemed cheaper to Ford to pay off a few lawsuits than do the right thing. If you were that woman at McDonald’s or the young man who was burned really badly when his Pinto flamed on, you’d be glad to have a good lawyer, because both Ford and McDonald’s stone walled to the end.
Without heroes, we are all plain people and don’t know how far we can go. Bernard Malamud
by bradley on Dec 3, 2008 6:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes indeed.
There were a lot of facts that weighed heavily against McD’s in this instance. The warning label wasn’t visible to the drinker, the prior instances of burns, as well as the industry standard coffee temperatures being almost 50 degrees lower.
Also, my Contracts professor worked on the Pinto case. I’m not sure if he worked for Ford or against them.
We’ve heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true.
by iRonin on Dec 3, 2008 7:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
OK dude
I’m a law student too. Quit acting like you know what you’re talking about. If you are currently taking Contracts, that means you are a first year. Which means you REALLY don’t know what you’re talking about.
"He's getting better, but he's not there yet ..."
by FrankyWren on Dec 4, 2008 12:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
WTF? I don’t know what crawled up your rear, but I didn’t think any part of that post was improper.
FWIW, I’m not a first-year, it’s not like your Contracts professor changes after passing or even graduating. If you’re a 5th year lawyer, you can still say “My Contracts professor worked on the Pinto case,” with no logical schism.
If you’ve got issue with my post, perhaps addressing it in a more professional manner would be a better approach. If you don’t think I know what I’m talking about, I’m more than happy to go toe-to-toe on ANY part of it. Perhaps you should quit acting like you know what you’re talking about, because if you can’t figure out a simple use of grammar and tense, I’d say that means you REALLY don’t know what you’re talking about…. You see how that sounds like a dick? Why would you want to do that? I can do it too. It produces nothing and serves no interest.
Thanks for playing.
We’ve heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true.
by iRonin on Dec 4, 2008 2:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Calm down
you two. We’re all Falcons fans. Keep it civil.
"The nice thing about supporting a bedraggled-cum-decent team? Watching all those analysts eat their words."
by tlozwarlock on Dec 4, 2008 3:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm sorry
It’s just that I hate posers. iRonin is a law student. He’s acting like he’s an attorney. I don’t like that, but I’m sorry to bring negativity to this board. Well said friend.
"He's getting better, but he's not there yet ..."
by FrankyWren on Dec 4, 2008 3:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Professional manner?
It’s not like you’re opposing counsel … This is a blog. As such, I can bash on your logic sans professionalism.
As for your logic … You may be right. That might have been the court’s rationale. I haven’t read the case, so I’ll just assume you’re right.
Re: your Contracts Prof. The reasonable interpretation of “My Contracts Prof” was my interpretation. If you are no longer a first year, I apologize for comparing you w/ the law maggots of the world.
My problem is that you are a law student and you are acting like you are an authority on the matter. You aren’t qualified to offer legal advice. You aren’t licensed to practice law. Quit acting like your an attorney. Jerk!
"He's getting better, but he's not there yet ..."
by FrankyWren on Dec 4, 2008 3:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
NOTE:
The “Jerk!” part was meant to be sarcastic. Again, I apologize for comparing you to a first year. I just feel like law students are sometimes too quick to act like they have legal knowledge that needs to be shared w/ the world. You’ll be an attorney one day, and obviously you know more than a layman, but it’s just something I think you should consider.
"He's getting better, but he's not there yet ..."
by FrankyWren on Dec 4, 2008 3:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Legal Advice
No legal advice was given. The McDonald’s case was a factual recitation, and the discussion on the role of lawyers in society was an opinion, which is valid independent of ones qualification to practice law.
I’m not sure where I went off the track here. I don’t believe I demonstrated nor held myself out to possess specific legal knowledge. I suppose it says far more about yourself than it does me that you find my post objectionable in that I signed it with the title “Law Student,” because it sounds like had I just left it unsigned you would have no problem with it.
We’ve heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true.
by iRonin on Dec 4, 2008 3:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well
I had no problem w/ the discussion re: lawyers in society. I think it’s unfortunate that attys get such a bad rap in society. I think you may be right about the signing your post w/ “Law Student.” I apologize … I think being around type-A, cocky, self-righteous law students all day is getting to me. I think you know what I mean. Sorry homie.
"He's getting better, but he's not there yet ..."
by FrankyWren on Dec 4, 2008 3:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I know EXACTLY what you mean.
:-) Good luck on exams
We’ve heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true.
by iRonin on Dec 4, 2008 4:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You too
"He's getting better, but he's not there yet ..."
by FrankyWren on Dec 4, 2008 4:07 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Now how about them Falcons?
:-)
"The nice thing about supporting a bedraggled-cum-decent team? Watching all those analysts eat their words."
by tlozwarlock on Dec 4, 2008 4:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
This very special episode of commenting
Was brought to by The Falcoholic!
by Dave the Falconer on Dec 4, 2008 6:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Look how far over I am!
Go Falcons and friendship!
[freeze-frame fist pump and credits roll]
by Cerbera on Dec 4, 2008 7:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
With all the potential legal power
we have on this site between iRonin and FrankyWren, I think we should negotiate some sponsor contracts with a certain NFL franchise ;)
"The nice thing about supporting a bedraggled-cum-decent team? Watching all those analysts eat their words."
by tlozwarlock on Dec 4, 2008 11:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The reason
No charge could ever stick to Grady because he sweats butter.
by Cerbera on Dec 2, 2008 8:07 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Ba Da Pa!
"You never know what I'm going to do..."
- Michael Vick (Palm Beach Post 11/6/2005)
by jamesrael on Dec 2, 2008 8:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
haha
I nominate Cerbera as the official Falcoholic resident comedian. No offense Dave, you’re just not that funny.
"He's getting better, but he's not there yet ..."
by FrankyWren on Dec 2, 2008 8:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Surrealism!
I’d say you’re either the Dali or Magritte of pro football bloggers.
I don’t know many other blogs that effortlessly blend a sport of large men running into other large men with references to Hindu gods, halftime discussions on Monty Python and the Monopoly mascot.
Now that I say all that, I want to give you a slow clap. Because this place straddles the line between sanity and the infinite vortex, and isn’t that really what it is to be a Falcons fan?
by Cerbera on Dec 2, 2008 10:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
he’s a regular Jan Murray, this guy.
by tom slick on Dec 2, 2008 8:35 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Nice
Just wanted to thank you for indirectly introducing me to Dollar A Second.
Didn’t know Jan Murray, so I looked on YouTube and boom. Funny.
by Cerbera on Dec 2, 2008 10:08 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Couldn't decide
between Jan Murray and Shecky Greene! Didn’t know he was a game show host also, I only remember him from the old ‘Hollywood Squares’. Cheers!
by tom slick on Dec 2, 2008 10:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Too sweet
5 of the 6 suspended players are on teams that we face in the final 4 games. 4 are starting D-linemen, which bodes well for the Birds’ O-line against NO and Minnesota. It’s especially helpful that the Vikes lost the WIlliams boys, who are the main reason behind Minnesota’s 2nd-ranked run defense.
As long as we have the Gravy Train for the stretch run and playoffs…
by Tron5000 on Dec 3, 2008 12:55 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
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