Indefinite suspensions to come for Burress and Vick?
According to Jason Cole of Yahoo! Sports!, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is going to come down hard on ex-Giants receiver Plaxico Burress and ex-Falcons quarterback Michael Vick.
Per three sources, Cole writes, "Goodell is leaning toward indefinitely suspending" both players.
Vick, who was released from jail for dog-fighting conspiracy charges, will complete home confinement on July 20th while Burress faces a jail term for gun charges that carries a minimum sentence of 3 1/2 years.
“[Vick] is not just walking out one day and playing again,” the source close to Vick said. “I don’t know if he understands that yet, but that’s what it looks like right now if you really pay attention. … Yeah, he served his time, but he has to prove himself. When the commissioner talks about wanting to see remorse, he’s not kidding.”
In the case (literally) of Burress, Goodell is frustrated by how slow the process is moving. Plaxico's case was adjourned (again) until September 23rd even though it seems as though it should be an open-and-closed case.
While Plaxico's agent Drew Rosenhaus keeps tweeting when new teams are "interested in Plaxico," I haven't heard a tweet when the teams that were rumored to be interested aren't any more.
For example, Bucs GM Mark Dominik has "no interest" in Plaxico, per Rick Stroud of the St. Petersburg Times. In addition to the Bucs, the Jets and Bears were the initial three teams reported to be interested in Burress.
“The commissioner would rather have the prosecutors take some action before he does anything, but he’s prepared to do something regardless if he has to,” the league source told Yahoo! Sports.
Burress deserves an indefinite suspension. While Burress may have only (physically) hurt himself with the gunshot, he could have very easily shot someone else. After all, he didn't shoot himself on purpose.
Per three sources, Cole writes, "Goodell is leaning toward indefinitely suspending" both players.
Vick, who was released from jail for dog-fighting conspiracy charges, will complete home confinement on July 20th while Burress faces a jail term for gun charges that carries a minimum sentence of 3 1/2 years.
“[Vick] is not just walking out one day and playing again,” the source close to Vick said. “I don’t know if he understands that yet, but that’s what it looks like right now if you really pay attention. … Yeah, he served his time, but he has to prove himself. When the commissioner talks about wanting to see remorse, he’s not kidding.”
In the case (literally) of Burress, Goodell is frustrated by how slow the process is moving. Plaxico's case was adjourned (again) until September 23rd even though it seems as though it should be an open-and-closed case.
While Plaxico's agent Drew Rosenhaus keeps tweeting when new teams are "interested in Plaxico," I haven't heard a tweet when the teams that were rumored to be interested aren't any more.
For example, Bucs GM Mark Dominik has "no interest" in Plaxico, per Rick Stroud of the St. Petersburg Times. In addition to the Bucs, the Jets and Bears were the initial three teams reported to be interested in Burress.
“The commissioner would rather have the prosecutors take some action before he does anything, but he’s prepared to do something regardless if he has to,” the league source told Yahoo! Sports.
Burress deserves an indefinite suspension. While Burress may have only (physically) hurt himself with the gunshot, he could have very easily shot someone else. After all, he didn't shoot himself on purpose.
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