Matt Araiza

[JerseyBills]

2 minutes ago, Doc said:

The Billls signed Martin to a 3-year deal. 

I know and he was great. Just saying,  I don't see why he couldn't be a Bill at some point 

It's not like Martins contract would kill us in dead cap

[BillsfaninSB]

4 minutes ago, Doc said:

The Billls signed Martin to a 3-year deal. 

I prefer Martin over Araiza regardless of the off the field stuff. 

[TheBrownBear]

9 minutes ago, JerseyBills said:

 “you were approaching men at the party saying, ‘I want you to [expletive] me and if you don’t [expletive] me you’re a [expletive].”

 

As hard as it is to believe, I witnessed this behavior first hand multiple times at frat parties in undergrad (granted this was the 90s/00s). Every guy with half a brain steered clear of these girls.

[Big Turk]

56 minutes ago, SCBills said:

Feel free to merge or move to another forum, but a lot of people owe this man an apology. 
 

 

 

As soon as I read about the woman talking about how she was going to increase her body count by more than one I figured it was all BS she made up once her parents found out to prevent getting in trouble for being a super slut.

[John from Riverside]

1 minute ago, TheBrownBear said:

As hard as it is to believe, I witnessed this behavior first hand multiple times at frat parties in undergrad (granted this was the 90s/00s). Every guy with half a brain steered clear of these girls.

So yes, what you say is true, however, rape does happen on these campuses and in these frat houses
 

Mostly goes unreported

 

As the evidence comes out, I hope that he can get his career back

[Brandon]

  I'm not surprised.  The story we heard never seemed to add up to me. 

[Zag20]

Ariaza needs to rebrand as “Punt Gosh” and maybe shoot for the XFL.

[The Wiz]

6 minutes ago, Process said:

If I recall correctly ESPN was all over him when he got cut by the Bills, on shows like first take etc. Hopefully they cover this as well.

I'll be surprised if they even send out a tweet about it.

[John from Riverside]

4 minutes ago, BillsfaninSB said:

I prefer Martin over Araiza regardless of the off the field stuff. 

The bills got lucky with Martin. He got cut from his team inexplicably because he was such a good player and the bill swooped in.

[JerseyBills]

2 minutes ago, TheBrownBear said:

As hard as it is to believe, I witnessed this behavior first hand multiple times at frat parties in undergrad (granted this was the 90s/00s). Every guy with half a brain steered clear of these girls.

I have too. Early 2010s. I gotta admit, sometimes my little head did the thinking and I caved. But always wore protection with those type. There's alot more of these type girls than ppl realize, especially at frat parties

[Fan in Chicago]

1 hour ago, SCBills said:

Feel free to merge or move to another forum, but a lot of people owe this man an apology. 
 

 

That lawyer who made it his mission to destroy Araiza's career, should be stripped naked in public and flogged with a barbed wire

 

[Behindenemylines]

I haven’t followed much of this but did t he admit to having sex wit her earlier in the evening?  
 

if wrongfully accused for sake of $ I hope he can sue her and her scumbag attorney for everything they ever get and have if it’s truly made up. As someone stated earlier once you’re accused you’ll always be guilty to a % of the population.  
 

[Billznut]

57 minutes ago, Dave_Bills said:

Poor guy. Can never rush to judgement. Hopefully he gets another opportunity. 

Yep ALOT of people on this forum should feel very very foolish and embarrassed for all their ignorant comments last summer, speaking about something they had NO clue about. Happens often. 

[Fan in Chicago]

18 minutes ago, UKBillFan said:

Interestingly, the “victim’s” lawyer who decided to act as judge, jury and executioner on Twitter has gone very quiet….

 

https://twitter.com/dangilleon

Yea, this is the guy I was referring to. 

[mannc]

Just now, Billznut said:

Yep ALOT of people on this forum should feel very very foolish and embarrassed for all their ignorant comments last summer, speaking about something they had NO clue about. Happens often. 

My favorites were the comments here asserting that Araiza had admitted to raping the "victim"--based entirely on the contents of a press release from the esteemed Mr. Gilleon, who would never, ever lie, or even stretch the truth... 

[1ManRaid]

19 minutes ago, UKBillFan said:

Interestingly, the “victim’s” lawyer who decided to act as judge, jury and executioner on Twitter has gone very quiet….

 

https://twitter.com/dangilleon

 

Mysteriously went silent back in December.  That must be when evidence of Araiza's innocence turned up.  I bet this lawyer was banking on this high profile case being his "big break".

[BillsNutHawaii]

49 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

The Bills did nothing wrong. I respect that Beane didn't jump on the bandwagon, I could tell that he found it difficult to let Araiza go after the Bills had run their own investigation and found nothing incriminating. But there was a black cloud hanging over the team after the allegation came out and it just isn't worth holding on to a punter with that kind of baggage. I just hope he gets his NFL career back.

 "...I could tell that he found it difficult to let Araiza go..."

 

I have no proof, (But these days, who needs proof, right?) but I strongly suspect team ownership forced the GM's hand - just to avoid backlash from those who make the most noise and to present the appearance that they are on the right side of the issues.

 

What a pathetic sequence of events.

 

May those who falsely judged Matt Araiza be judged the same way when they face a personal crisis. 

[benderbender]

The Bills cut ties with him for this very reason. It was never guilt or innocence, it was the media circus and the unnecessary attention it brought.

[1ManRaid]

17 minutes ago, CaptnCoke11 said:

He most definitely should 

 

Based on what?  What legal argument could he make that the Bills broke a law or violated a contract?  As far as I know, "wrongful termination" isn't a thing for NFL players.

[Royale with Cheese]

I feel terrible for the kid.  Its every kids dream to play pro sports and his was ripped away over something false.

 

He should be able to land in camp somewhere.  He needs to be given the chance that was taken away.

 

If the Bills hadn’t extended our punter (I honestly don’t know his name off the top of my head because he’s a punter without a cool nickname), I would say it would be the right thing to do to sign him back.

 

I really hope he lands somewhere and dominates at his position.