Photo Credit: @ALLIN1PRO and @JeremyIvans13/Twitter
This has now officially gone out of control.
Brother Jimmy’s BBQ, a restaurant in South Florida had apparently posted a sign in front of the eatery that stated that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was in no way, shape, or form allowed inside the establishment. Why?
The restaurant just happens to be co-owned by none other than Saints’ linebacker Jonathan Vilma. Go figure.
Courtesy of Ira Haber [@ALLIN1PRO] and Jeremy Ivans [@JeremyIvans13] via Twitter, the sign hilariously showed Goodell’s face with the words “DO NOT SERVE THIS MAN.”
While this might seem amusing to all of us, this isn’t necessarily a good idea by Jonathan Vilma. Here’s why.
The biggest rule in business is to never EVER burn bridges, especially if that person doesn’t have any plans of making a sudden career change. You just never know who you’ll end up working for in the future.
Unfortunately, for Jonathan Vilma, Roger Goodell is his boss and more than likely, Goodell will continue to be the league’s commissioner way longer than Vilma’s NFL career. Like we said, not exactly a good move.
Now, the restaurant is also co-owned by two more NFL linebackers in Broncos’ D.J. Williams and Panthers’ Jon Beason. Both of these guys could’ve certainly made the call to release the picture and not Jonathan Vilma. If we were Vilma, we would surely be taking this route to eliminate any further criticism that may hurt the Saints’ linebacker from returning to the NFL.
With that said, it doesn’t take away from the fact that this was completely awesome.
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I smell a cage match between Goodell and Vilma upcoming. With Sean Payton as the special guest referee. Can you say heel turn?
Just when we thought the fight was simmering down, it’s just getting started. Roger Goodell is one unhappy camper.
It’s an owner’s discretion to turn away a patron if he so desires. At present beyond his rather idiotic handling of the Saints’ scandal. In all honesty, can you name one good thing Roger Goodell has done since he succeeded Paul Tagliabue? The commissioner continually mistreats the veteran retired NFL players as if they are pieces of scum or fecal matter. To my mind, Goodell is a pompous a#s who is completely out of his depth as the NFL commissioner!
Your thoughts on that?
Tophatal ……..
Alan, If we were to talk about Roger Goodell, we would probably be here for days. The commissioner surely has his flaws, but in our minds, it’s great the way he’s trying to clean up the game. Face it, the Saints’ bounty scandal should never happen and while the repercussions were severe, it needed to be done to set an example.
However, that opinion is two-fold. On the other hand, we certainly don’t agree with Goodell being both the jury and the executioner. There shouldn’t be only one person handling these types of situations and this also needs to change in order for the NFL players to have any respect for league officials. We say it’s a work in progress.
The way the game is being cleaned up in terms of late hits, scandals, and drug policies are nothing but positive. It’s the “control” aspect that seems to be getting on everyone’s nerves.
Anyone has any other opinions?
I heard about this on the radio. Pretty damn funny.
We could see Goodell adding a few more games to Vilma’s suspension. Forbidding anyone from eating BBQ is disrespectful. hehe
You’re right…never good to burn bridges in business, but hey if you have enough money already then screw it.
The problem here is that NFL players never have too much money, unless of course one is a very famous and talented QB, which Vilma is not. Vilma should re-consider the way he wants to approach his current situation.
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