Comments on: Tom Benson issues a statement on bounties

By: stevenfbrackett

stevenfbrackett — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 01:20:22 +0000

What Benson seems to be saying is – “eh, it is what is is. Whatever.”

You expect much more from an owner. Like, I don’t know – being pissed off.

Disappointed? That’s for improperly cooked lunches. Learning your employees have been doing something so egregious and despicable should have you reviewing the disciplinary sections of EVERYONE’s contracts at the absolute least.

By: legacybroken

legacybroken — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:53:02 +0000

Take away their use of the franchise tag this year.

By: tigerlilac

tigerlilac — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:41:27 +0000

Not shocking that the general manager provided the owner with plausible deniability. The city of New Orleans has a long history of white men of privilege pretending that they are morally above what goes on in the city.

In 1965, the AFL All Star games was moved from New Orleans’ Tulane Stadium to Houston after black players, along with sympthetic white players, boycotted Jim Crow laws that not only allowed racial segregation, they, in fact, they mandated segregation in public accomodations.

What is the over/under on Loomis losing his job? I expect he is safe now that he covered for Benson.

By: nflfan555

nflfan555 — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:41:08 +0000

Fine and three high picks for this horrible act -back to being the Aints again…

By: upperdecker19

upperdecker19 — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:40:06 +0000

I’d like to thank Mr. Benson for taking time away from his busy schedule of dancing with that little umbrella to issue this statement.

By: cincyorangenblack

cincyorangenblack — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:39:43 +0000

who cares, lot of folks on here need to step off the ledge…

IF any injuries were caused by this, AND flags were thrown for illegal conduct on the injury plays, THEN you would have an issue and it would be a very big deal. Otherwise, just good hard football here, couldn’t prove otherwise.

and for people saying this is worse than SpyGate…get real.

By: phoff12

phoff12 — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:07:05 +0000

Take their 1st round pick and fine the head coach 500k. Maybe take the second round pick as well.

By: eyeh8goodell

eyeh8goodell — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:53:54 +0000

Only in today’s NFL would knocking the crap out of an opposing player be considered a bad thing. Seriously, many of you people need to pick a new sport to watch instead of trying to bend football to your pathetically delicate sensibilities.

By: uncommon1

uncommon1 — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:51:52 +0000

The only way to save face is to embrace it. Become the NFL’s version of The Bad Boys (Pistons of the 80′s). I dont condone it, but don’t hide from who you are. You wanna be rough & tough, and break the rules? Embrace it. Then the rest of us can at least respect you. I already hate the Saints, this new info doesn’t change anything

By: kghannigan

kghannigan — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:50:46 +0000

Is he saying he doesn’t think this is a big deal with that statement?

By: wlubake

wlubake — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:47:04 +0000

Not a Saints fan, but this will look worse on Gregg Williams than the Saints. If I were Jeff Fisher, I’d be getting my statement ready (“We will not tolerate bounties in St. Louis”).

By: bearsstillsuck

bearsstillsuck — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:45:07 +0000

We promise to hurt more players so our mediocre team can at least have a shot at winning some games.

By: coutre

coutre — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:45:01 +0000

Set an example and clean house. Its too convienant t to lay the blame only on Williams not that he is gone. Get rid of Loomis and his crew.

By: babyhorsemorgan

babyhorsemorgan — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:44:27 +0000

Favre should sue the Scat Stain Swamp Scum for permanent injury he suffered, along with the loss of $50 million or so of future earnings. Not to mention a legacy that was stolen from him in that game. Also investigate the refs who were complicit and probably paid off for their part. Ban habitual criminals like Gregg Williams from the game once and for all.

By: jakek2

jakek2 — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:42:24 +0000

This is silly. The NFL fines you for breathing on a guy wrong. If no Saints were flagged, much less fined, by the NFL gestapo during game play, then this bounty talk is just that.

By: indycolts1

indycolts1 — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:42:19 +0000

They should be stripped of their SB and everyone involved should be banned from the NFL. This is worse than Spygate. Real lack of sportsmanship shown here.

By: roamingabriel

roamingabriel — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:40:29 +0000

Move the Superbowl…

By: nineroutsider

nineroutsider — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:40:17 +0000

I wrote some nasty stuff about the ‘Aints in my last post, but in reality this isn’t really something that impacts the game all that much. The extra incentive still has to be legal to the refs, so every team is protected that way. I think the Pats’ video library was worse.

Still, may the powerful hammer of justice hit the Saints hard and fast. I hope they suffer the most extreme penalty ever levied against a team by the league. Don’t suspend or expel Williams from the league though; I look forward to the 9ers playing his sorry defense twice a year…with or without their little bonus system.

May NFL fans never let this go and give Saints fans hell for years, no decades to come. Let’em have it!!

By: lgbarn

lgbarn — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:37:35 +0000

Say what you want about Benson, but he at least tried to stop it. As a Bucs fan, I still hope they lose a draft pick.

By: vkngs77

vkngs77 — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:36:55 +0000

Back to back to back to back Saints stories. This must be a first.

By: mwatts1

mwatts1 — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:36:02 +0000

What an understated press release. “We’re sorry it happened, but we’re putting it behind and looking forward to winning more championships”… REALLY!?

By: wideright91

wideright91 — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:32:42 +0000

Gregg Williams is a huge turd, and a thoroughly over-rated coach.

By: eaglez10

eaglez10 — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:32:18 +0000

This is bad for the orginazation and the players. That’s sad that you have to put bountys on players to make them play football. Isn’t that what there paid to do? What was the point of the lockout last seasone? Smh at the saints

By: raven410

raven410 — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:31:22 +0000

They must of left Marshawn Lynch off that bounty list a couple seasons ago.

By: medtxpack

medtxpack — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:30:39 +0000

now isnt the right time to bring up winning more championships….

By: dasboat

dasboat — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:30:17 +0000

Hard to believe that an extra $1,000 makes that much difference to these guys. That would be like my sales manager offering me an extra $5 on a million-dollar contract.

By: kchi55

kchi55 — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:29:26 +0000

Rookies that want to go in the first round to the Saints are going to be disappointed for the next few years.

By: rubicon202

rubicon202 — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:29:04 +0000

I wonder if this writer has something against the Saints? “The Saints are going to wind up with a black mark on their image as a result of the league’s finding” What finding? It read they are still investigating?