Louisiana Judge Orders Roger Goodell & NFC Championship Officials To Be Questioned
by Larry Leo
July 30, 20196 Comments
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As we get ready for this NFL season, it seems as if some of us aren't over last season. A Louisiana judge is ordering NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and three officials from the NFL Championship game to be questioned under oath about the imfafous "no-call" against the Rams. Per AP NEWS...
quote:Time to move on?
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana judge ordered that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and three officials from January’s NFC title game be questioned under oath in September about the infamous “no-call” that helped the Los Angeles Rams beat the New Orleans Saints in January’s NFC title game, a lawyer said Monday. Attorney Antonio LeMon, who filed a lawsuit over the game that advanced the Rams to the Super Bowl, said he and league attorneys will pick a mutually agreeable date for depositions in New Orleans — barring any league appeals that might delay or cancel the questioning.
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LeMon’s lawsuit seeks $75,000 in damages — to be donated to charity — over the failure to flag a pass interference or roughness penalty against Rams cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman for his helmet-to-helmet hit on receiver Tommylee Lewis well before a pass arrived.
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