The union might have something to do with it, but the timing of other stuff might also be delaying Goodell. I was thinking Tuesday afternoon that the earliest the league would do anything would be Wednesday of next week, probably closer to Thursday or Friday. Then the news came that the first court date was Thursday and I just don’t see the league acting before the courts. The court date is either going to change nothing (from the league’s perspective) or change everything for the better (again, NFL’s view). If the trial gets scheduled to start soon enough Vick might take a leave of absence and then nobody has to suspend him, if he’s not smart enough to take leave then the league or team could declare it impossible for him to face this trial and play so they put him on leave (kind of like a suspension but not really). Or heck they could get really lucky and the court limits his travel, can’t play then, sorry Mike.
Meanwhile I’m sure Goodell is going to spend a lot of time talking to Blank and Upshaw, working out who is going to do what for just about every contingency including Vick disappearing in the Bermuda Triangle. But no matter what the schedule seriously shifted, where action probably was going to happen next Friday at the latest now it’s probably next Friday at the earliest.
Concur. I suspect also that the league will wnat to find out if any of the other guys have rolled over on Vick...copped a plea..which will make it far easier to wash their hands of him..Nike has already cut out..