Retweet of the Day - August 6, 2012

The NFL has made its way back into the headlines in a big way over the last couple of days. First, the 2012 preseason kicked off with the annual Hall of Fame game, played for the first time in two years because of last season's lockout. The New Orleans Saints defeated the Arizona Cardinals in an exhibition that went downhill, from an entertainment standpoint, from the opening drive going forward. Still, football is BACK!

This morning, ESPN reported that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell offered suspended Saints linebacker a reduced suspension, from one full year down to eight games for his alleged role in the Saints Bountygate scandal, on the condition that he drop his defamation of character lawsuit against Goodell. This would seem to indicate that Vilma has some degree of leverage, for whatever reason, on Goodell (and his absolute power) and the league.

Today's retweet is a nice one, from RefereeLogic ‏(@RefereeLogic). Cardinals quarterback Kevin Kolb suffered a rib injury during last night's game in which, of course, Vilma did not participate. RefereeLogic served up this to the Twittersphere:


"Kevin Kolb is hurt, Roger Goodell fines Jonathan Vilma anyway."

Vilma: "He's gonna need the fine money by the time I'm done with him in court!"

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