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2 minutes ago, Luxy312 said:

 

Committed and reported with no evidence.  There's nothing to pursue legally without a minimum of some facts.  Money changing hands, etc.  To get a conviction, police would need to catch the guy that did it and have a direct connection to McCoy.  At this point, that seems highly unlikely.  If evidence were actually building, my opinion could be different.

 

Thus the investigation in pursuit of any evidence.  Should none be discovered, the criminal case goes away. 

Posted
1 hour ago, Doc said:

He can't be suspended.  She made an allegation.  It's now up to the police to find a link between the incident and Shady.  The NFL will probably investigate and make sure Shady didn't pay her off so he can avoid legal entanglements.

 

I don't think the league cares if the player pays to make his problems go away

See Hardy, Greg

 

Posted
41 minutes ago, Augie said:

 

It’s not wrongful termination. It’s a suspension the CBA allows as part of the process, and both sides agreed to it. 

 

Maybe.  But McCoy's side would have nothing to loose by bringing suit and arguing otherwise.     The justice system is crap shoot, particularly on the civil side...

Posted
20 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

I don't think the league cares if the player pays to make his problems go away

See Hardy, Greg

 

but there were witnesses and guns on the bed?

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59 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

I don't think the league cares if the player pays to make his problems go away

See Hardy, Greg

 

Oh, I know.  And that's been my point.  Goodell/the NFL will investigate and take things like payoffs into account when meting-out suspensions. 

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1 hour ago, 26CornerBlitz said:

 

Thus the investigation in pursuit of any evidence.  Should none be discovered, the criminal case goes away. 

This was what I was never clear on. If he was actually under a criminal investigation as a suspect to the crime. I figured it could be happening but never had 100% confirmation. 

 

If he is under investigation then it probably would take some time to link him if he was involved. I think the missing link is finding the guy who beat her up and stole the jewelery.

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2 hours ago, Lurker said:

 

The CBA doesn't supersede labor law related to wrongful termination.    Or civil law related to loss of employment and damage to reputation.     

 

Whether the NFL would ultimately prevail in such suits is really secondary.   A long, drawn out civil action would generate a lot of negative PR for a group of owners who are already skittish over the kneeling issue.    They would much rather make this go away quietly...   

 

Wrongful termination? In the NFL?

 

????

 

Sorry, but when a CBA is agreed upon between an employer and a Union, especially language that is crystal clear, no court is going to step in the way.

 

If the NFL was violating the NFLPA’s rights, it would have ended up in court in the past few years.

 

Guess what? The only case that did was Brady’s and guess who won?

 

You simply don’t understand what collective bargaining means.

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2 hours ago, Luxy312 said:

 

Committed and reported with no evidence.  There's nothing to pursue legally without a minimum of some facts.  Money changing hands, etc.  To get a conviction, police would need to catch the guy that did it and have a direct connection to McCoy.  At this point, that seems highly unlikely.  If evidence were actually building, my opinion could be different.

Of course there is evidence of a crime. The woman’s face is pretty convincing evidence that some sort of assault happened. 

 

And how do you know that police aren’t “building” evidence? Just because they didn’t update you? Counselor please.

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3 hours ago, JoPar_v2 said:

Of course there is evidence of a crime. The woman’s face is pretty convincing evidence that some sort of assault happened. 

 

And how do you know that police aren’t “building” evidence? Just because they didn’t update you? Counselor please.

 

Hey Einstein.  Evidence against McCoy.  There is nothing.  His attorney has said there's nothing.  McCoy has said there's nothing.  You fabricating stuff doesn't create facts or evidence.  Try reading a newspaper (electronic or otherwise) .

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Again that the ex and her attorney had to hit the talk shows a week-and-a-half after the incident tells me that there has been nothing discovered against Shady.  Otherwise they'd lay low and bide their time, waiting for the criminal case to be made against him.

Posted
35 minutes ago, Doc said:

Again that the ex and her attorney had to hit the talk shows a week-and-a-half after the incident tells me that there has been nothing discovered against Shady.  Otherwise they'd lay low and bide their time, waiting for the criminal case to be made against him.

 

Yup. Next step on the desperation trail would be to hire Gloria Allred.

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3 hours ago, Luxy312 said:

 

Hey Einstein.  Evidence against McCoy.  There is nothing.  His attorney has said there's nothing.  McCoy has said there's nothing.  You fabricating stuff based on your lame brain thoughts doesn't create facts or evidence.  Try reading a newspaper (electronic or otherwise) instead of sleeping under one.

You’re assuming there is no evidence against him because no evidence has been made public, yet. You’re allowed to make that assumption, but it doesn’t mean the same as what you’re saying.

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Posted
3 minutes ago, KD in CA said:

Yup. Next step on the desperation trail would be to hire Gloria Allred.

 

Or Mikey Avenatti. 

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This thing might get dragged out for a long time and by that time, McCoy might have been released by the Bills.

 

So, who knows.

Posted
6 hours ago, Augie said:

 

The NFL has every advantage even if they get to court because the players negotiated away their rights in return for dollars. The next CBA battle should be one for the ages! 

I am not an attorney, but I don't believe anyone can truly give away their rights.  If there is a law the court deems to be violated that violation will supersede any signed agreement.  Can the lawyers among us clarify?

Posted
57 minutes ago, purple haze said:

I am not an attorney, but I don't believe anyone can truly give away their rights.  If there is a law the court deems to be violated that violation will supersede any signed agreement.  Can the lawyers among us clarify?

 

Not a lawyer either, but I'd say it depends upon the 'rights' in question. 

 

In the case of NFL players, they (through their union) all signed on to this collective bargaining agreement which gives very broad disciplinary powers to the commissioner.

 

They haven't given away fundamental human rights, but the law seems to allow employers broad latitude with regard to imposing conditions on the employment (restricting the employees from talking to the press is pretty common, for example - or in the case of the NFL, requiring them to talk to the press etc etc.)

 

3 hours ago, Luxy312 said:

 

Hey Einstein.  Evidence against McCoy.  There is nothing.  His attorney has said there's nothing.  McCoy has said there's nothing.  You fabricating stuff doesn't create facts or evidence.  Try reading a newspaper (electronic or otherwise) .

 

2 hours ago, JoPar_v2 said:

You’re assuming there is no evidence against him because no evidence has been made public, yet. You’re allowed to make that assumption, but it doesn’t mean the same as what you’re saying.

 

What would we expect McCoy and his lawyer to say at this junction?  I wasn't there, the allegations are baseless.   That's kind of SOP, don't you think?

 

I agree the public does not know whether or not there is evidence at this point.  The police who are investigating the crime have no obligation to disclose whether they've discovered anything, or what they've discovered, either to McCoy or his attorney or to us.
 

The fact that the woman's lawyer is hitting the talk show circuit to puff up public interest might imply that the police investigation isn't turning up too much, but that's only an implication.

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Posted
10 hours ago, LikeIGiveADarn said:

 

Somebody PLEASE accuse Tom Brady of kicking their dog.

 

Tom Brady Kicked MY DOG!

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Posted
16 hours ago, Lurker said:

 

The CBA doesn't supersede labor law related to wrongful termination.    Or civil law related to loss of employment and damage to reputation.     

 

Whether the NFL would ultimately prevail in such suits is really secondary.   A long, drawn out civil action would generate a lot of negative PR for a group of owners who are already skittish over the kneeling issue.    They would much rather make this go away quietly...   

 

It's suspension, not wrongful termination.

 

NFL players are released "without cause" all the time.  When do they go to court after getting cut?

 

The courts have no sympathy for players wishing they had signed a more favorable CBA.

 

The owners are now "skittish" about the kneeling??  The owner of the Dolphins is floating 4 game suspensions for his players who kneel!

10 hours ago, purple haze said:

I am not an attorney, but I don't believe anyone can truly give away their rights.  If there is a law the court deems to be violated that violation will supersede any signed agreement.  Can the lawyers among us clarify?

 

Review the court's handling of the Zeke Elliot suspension.

 

"rights" weren't taken away from players, but many things you might disagree with were willfully and unanimously bargained away by the players in the CBA.  It's the conditions they bargained for and agreed to.  They don't have much recourse.

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