The first Bounty-Gate lawsuit is on the table!

And Roger Goodell is a Defendant.

OK, that's not much of a shock.  I think the NFL has done enough to enable this kind of stuff.

But ESPN reports tonight that Jonathan Vilma, suspended for a year by Roger Goodell for his role in Bounty-Gate, has SUED Goodell for defamation:

"Suspended Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma filed a defamation lawsuit Thursday against NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, claiming the league's top executive made false statements that tarnished Vilma's reputation and hindered his ability to earn a living playing football."

Let that process...

Let it process hard...

May I be the first to openly say (and this is where the visceral anger comes out that cannot go on my collaborative work if Brian needs me again!):

FUCK YOU JONATHAN VILMA!!

On his Twitter:

"Vilma wrote on his Twitter account that, "As I've said before..I NEVER PAID, NOR INTENDED TO PAY ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY, TO ANY PLAYER FOR INTENTIONALLY HURTING AN OPPONENT."

If this is true, then not only does Goodell need to be fired, but the Player Safety Initiative scrapped.

You're either lying, dangerously delusional, or have a case to bankrupt Goodell.  He's got 50,000 pages of evidence, he's suspended you for a year -- and, if true, should make you basically unemployable on and off the field, because your ass needs to be in prison, boy!! -- and you have the unmitigated gall to sue him...

May he counter-sue to take your team off the field -- PERMANENTLY.