and how do you definitely know that they werent warned, and it serves the Rams right for hiring him in the first place..He’s been known for doing this for years..but dont fret, Fisher did the same thing HOU/TEN as well with bounties..

“You want to go to bed with dogs, be prepared to wake up with fleas”

I thought that was not nearly enough, seeing how they had two first round picks that year and their later one was stripped.

The $500k for Belichick was a lot, I’ll admit that. However, $250k for an NFL Franchise is chump change.

The Saints will get the wood laid a lot harder because of two main reasons.

1) They’re not the Patriots, Robert Kraft has Goodell by the balls.

2) Safety will be Goodell’s legacy whether the fans like it or not. This is a marquee moment for Goodell’s pet project.

As an aside, if I was a Titan’s fan, I’d be nervous. If Fisher knew what Williams was doing and the NFL can prove it, you guys are in deep too. Bet the Dolphins are happy they lost the Fisher sweepstakes about now.

This is why I don’t expect long suspensions for anyone involved- the coaches will accept something reasonable as opposed to fighting the NFL, while the NFL won’t go nuclear on these guys in order to stay out of court.
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No one has to sign a contract they dont agree with, there for by signing it you And your lawer/agent agree with the terms. Now you have to pay the price for violating it. Now live with it. Peyton knew what was happening he aloud it so he is just as guilty as Williams , and if he did not know then he should be fired for not having control or knowledge of what was happening in his locker room.

“People are acting like is something new. Reggie White got in trouble (just a verbal warning) for offering money for every sack, TFL, or INT a player got. Bounties in the NFL are as shocking as steroids were in baseball. It’s wrong, but it isn’t like it kept us from watching.”

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So paying a guy for a big play is the same as paying a guy to injure a guy, and risk ending his career?

Sorry dude your comparison really sucks. Reggie was not paying people to headhunt, he was paying guys to do their jobs and make big plays. The league had no reason to suspend him or do anything more than a verbal warning because what he was doing is no different than friendly bets to perform, whereas this whole saints thing is paying people to hurt other people, which sounds a lot more like organized crime.

Goodell should ban Williams for life, and give the HC and GM of the Saints and players involved 1 year suspensions without pay, and strip the Saints of a first round pick if not two. Because the league is pushing safety and this flies directly in the face of it, and frankly the best way to stop it is to make it too costly for other teams and players in the future to even consider doing.

This is rank hypocrisy.

It’s so funny reading all of your self righteous responses and also hearing all of you offer your view on what the penalties should be, even though no one gives two farts about what your opinion is.

The only reason you all are acting like you hate this so much is because the Saints were successful and many of you simply hate the team and the city.

If this were the Cleveland Browns doing this I doubt so many of you would be so passionate.

It’s…cute.
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Um, no. I actually liked the Saints until we played them in the NFCCG and saw how dirty their defense played. My respect for the Saints spiraled downward after that, and it wasn’t because we lost to them. But when Vikings fans complained at the time we were called whiny losers or worse. Glad to know this is finally coming to light. The Saints have basked in the glow of a nationwide “Cinderella” story since Katrina, but the fairy tale is about to end…and deservedly so.

Yeah, it does stink that the Rams suffer for this, but Williams is the lead figure in this scandal and he cannot be rewarded for his illegal and completely unethical coaching by suffering no penalty.

As to the circumventing the salary cap issue, even if the money is only coming from the players, its a rules violation. I’ve seen the wording of the exact bylaw and its crystal clear on that point. Its part of the bounty rule that all of this got started by in the first place. So yeah, even without the fact that Williams threw in his own money from time to time the Saints are guilty of a cap violation. Even though the number is small in comparison to say what the 49ers were doing, its a black and white rule. You don’t get it lessened by the fact that we’re talking about 100 grand total over the years for all the hits and fumbles and such combined.

All this from a Saints fan. I’m kind of passed the whole “Everybody does it the only thing we did wrong was get caught” point. Its actually the truth in that statement that is the reason why the Saints are about to be nuked back to the stone ages. Goodell is going to send the league a message. This ends, now. Or else.

Ah well, it was fun while it lasted.

I would like to see them strip the Saints of the franchise tag for a couple seasons as well. It would likely cost them a lot more to keep Brees, which is fitting considering that they were offering bounties for activities that could have cost other teams franchise QBs.

Yes, trying to end someones career intentionally is wrong, but isn’t winning at all costs the game of Pro sports? Winning equals money and power.

They should be stripped of their title and it should be awarded to Indy.
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They PLAYED in a Super Bowl “in large part by injuring their opponents QB”. Of course 12 men in the huddle doesn’t help.

Indy lost. IF I were a fan or player on that team I would not want such a “championship”. It would mean less than nothing.

No game results will be overturned, to suggest it is just silly. Fines and suspensions, lost draft picks. The only thing to quibble about is how much and how many and who. Hitting players is problematic as some may not even be in the league anymore or play on different teams, which makes punishments unequal for equal offenses. Besides, proven intent to injure in football is impossible unless blatant.
I think the coaches and management involved will, rightfully so, take the hit for this disgraceful practice.

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Like you didnt have refs in your back pocket in the NFC Championship….and you still got DISCOUNT DOUBLE CHECKED out. GTFO …you guys had a bounty on Jerry Rice back in the 90s. The Saints just got caught.

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-N.Y.Giants