Lots of updates on the news items reported yesterday...
First, the Vick story. Michael Vick was banned from the Atlanta Falcons training camp earlier today by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. An excerpt of a letter written by Goodell to Vick available at ESPN.com reads, "While it is for the criminal justice system to determine your guilt or innocence, it is my responsibility as commissioner of the National Football League to determine whether your conduct, even if not criminal, nonetheless violated league policies, including the Personal Conduct Policy," I couldn't agree more with Goodell and he has gained the utmost respect from me that a sports commissioner can receive and he's only been on the job for a year! He recognizes our courts' system of due process and is not going to jump to conclusions our courts haven't made. A link to the posted ESPN.com article is posted below, including some great video commentary by Chris Mortensen that explains the options the NFL has in regards to this case:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2946832
Now, the murkier NBA story. The details just seem to get murkier and murkier and David Stern's news conference doesn't help anything. Unlike Roger Goodell's caution to not rush to judgement, Stern has stopped just short of making Donaghy a guilty man. Details on the Stern conference available on the TrueHoop blog link here:
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-26-84/David-Stern-Talks.html
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