Could be as early as tomorrow not out of the woods yet But believe they can practice with the Team.

Fuckin unbelievable! And get this a MINNESOTA judge blocks this ruling. This came through the holds nothing of right and wrong. Dammit they chose to put this unknown substance but player KNOWN into there own body. You cannot tell me they didn’t know what they were doing or knew they could blame innocence by saying “Weight Lose”. Don’t let this becoming a MLB event of congress inventigation of last year.

Is sold in Vials for injection and has a powdered form that is somewhat water souable.It is supposed to be only available by perscription only.How did it end up in Starcaps and how come no charges have been leveled at the Company that sold it.Isnt that dispensing a medication without a liscense.If the Nfl or anyone in the employ of the NFL knew that this substance was in Starcaps and didnt whistle blow.Doesnt that make them conspirators and equaly liable.
But I agree with ya Purplegrey and believe that the Wall is fighting this on grounds it was ingested without knowledge.Both Williams are fighting for their good name and should be given the benifit of the doubt.Its not like the Wall went to a club,stopping first to cut up some coke in their car with a credit card.Then went into the club grabbed drinks and thrown them in any womens faces.Procede to make it rain then accidently shoot themselves in leg,go home and beat their girlfriends.
They took a weight loss pill that was supposed to be all natural and wasnt.They deserve Justice in a court of law,not in a court of Goodell,or in feeble brains of Pack fans.This is way to deep for the avg Pack fan to fathom because it happens to be work related and falls under a contract.Which why it was heard in a court in Minnesota,where else did you think they would file lol.

Thank God. I’m obviously biased about this, but I think it’s a good idea for several reasons. First, it shows Goodel that he needs to stop holding people to double standards. Second, it could end up helping us get to the playoffs (w00t) and finally, it may just cause the NFL to finally FIX THE BROKEN substance abuse policies. Players are responsible for what’s in their bodies? How are they supposed to know if nobody tells them whats in it, and the ingredient isn’t on the label? They don’t work in the company.

I hope the Williamses beat this bullshit suspension, not just for the team or their sake, but for the whole league. They treat cases like these in the black and white, when there’s really a whole lot of grey.

As a lawyer myself, I can tell you that the Judge’s ruling would have been the most likely decision in any court in the US.

1. A suspension results in a loss of pay and a damaged reputation. Both are what in legaleze is known as “irreparable harm”. Courts will always grant an injunction to an action when the requesting party could suffere irreparable harm and the non-moving party would only suffer a delay in recieving their due should the case eventually go their way.

2. There really are only two locations this action could be heard: Minnesota and the jurisdiction that houses the Headquarters of the NFL. Thats it. A court must have competant jurisdiction to both hear the case and grant the relief which requires personal and subject matter jurisdiction (jurisdiction over both the parties involved and the thing at issue – in this case, a Contractual obligation between two individuals and a corporation)

3. As for the appeal, I dont understand how the appeal could be heard in Minnesota Federal Court….the MN Fed Court would first need to hear the case for removal before it could hear the merits of the case.

4. As for the merits of the federal appeal, the players could argue that the CBA is unconscionable to the terms of the steroid policy since it doesnt allow for a neutral third party arbitration over a dispute that could cost the players money. Another argument for the players is that since the NFL had knowledge of the bumentide in StarCaps and they failed to inform players, they constructively waived starcaps as a banned product.

I’m sure theres many more arguments to be made on both sides but i dont really have the time to think of them all.

All this is going to do is allow them to play in the Detroit game and make them miss the 1st playoff game(assuming we make it). I don’t see the Williamses winning this.

The whole NFL policy is out of whack and I’m glad they are standing up for themselves, even if it means sacrificing a playoff game or some of next season. They have to show Roger that respectable players are not ruining the imagge of the NFL. As long as this doesn’t turn out to be a Marion Jones or Floyd Landis deal where eventually they confess they were trying to cheat.
Lets also not forget the plight of Grady Jackson, who was initially named, he may still get suspended and miss the Falcons playoff game. And also the Houston longsnapper who was not taking starcaps, but stated that he followed NFL rules and had a doctors presciption for the medicine due to an illness and had submitted it to the NFL prior to taking the medicine and was still suspended for four games.

But the Williams duo is fighting for their names and reputations which means a whole lot more then a football season.If these suspensions are upheld they lose out on the Pro Bowl,the kids that they mentor will always wonder do they cheat.They will always have that stigma attatched to their names and their careers.I say let them take it to the highest court if need be.An honest man does not fear the truth,only the Guilty fear the Truth.In my Heart I believe these 2 not because they are Vikings but because they choose to fight it out of all 6 accused.They do battle every sunday,let them battle in court,let them clear their names so that they can walk with heads up high.Lets just hope no judge they go in front be a Packer or Bears fan.