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Wilson gets 20 god damn games..
Mickstix:
Does he have an actual chance at getting it reduced on appeal?
Beaglefan2:
So of the 20 games, I figure Wilson deserves 10 of it for the hit and the stupidity of doing it in the last preseason game.
Caps coaching deserves the other 10 for not telling him to not hit at all on the last game, or just not play him. Why take a chance on suspension or injury? He didn't need the time.
I don't think Wilson gets paid for the 20 games - correct? If so, that one hit, will cost him over a million bucks!!
ArJunaZ:
--- Quote from: DC_1908 on Wednesday October 03, 2018, 07:01:48 PM Eastern ---This case is about as weak as it gets.
It would be plausible that the league is using 20 for PR and media hype because they know it’s weak, and will knock it down on appeal so they can “look charitable”
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I hope you are right. 20 games is a gross injustice IMO. I think the 5 minute major was excusable, but unwarranted. I don't believe any suspension was warranted.
Ask yourself, what could Willy possibly have done differently.
alta:
--- Quote from: Mickstix on Wednesday October 03, 2018, 07:17:07 PM Eastern ---Does he have an actual chance at getting it reduced on appeal?
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yes, a very good chance. There is a direct appeal with Buttman, but if that doesn’t work there is also an arbitration appeal he can use
BlackIce:
--- Quote from: KitFisto on Wednesday October 03, 2018, 06:04:54 PM Eastern ---The NHL isn't going back to what it was. Neither is the NFL. The pussification of the country and refusing to allow men to be men has infected sports. The players will have to adjust or they'll simply be kicked out of the league.
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All the major sports have instituted rules in recent years to take danger out of games. In the NBA, the least violent league probably, there are the deliberate foul rules. In the NHL, it's all the new limits on type of hitting allowed and more restrictive rules on goalie interference. In baseball it's the tighter restrictions on throwing at hitters and the more restrictive rules regarding runner/fielder contact at 2B and home plate. In the NFL it's the more restrictive blocking rules and the rules to protect the QB. I think the players are in favor of it, and I think there is one overriding reason: As sports get more lucrative and player contracts across the board do also, organizations want to protect their investments and players want to protect what is now massive earning potential. It isn't a matter that players are wusses; they want to make sure they can get rich with the smallest possible chance of an injury spoiling the party.
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